Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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To explore trends in presentation and key performance indicators with respect to children seeking mental health services at The Prince Charles Hospital Children's Emergency Department (TPCH-CED), Brisbane. ⋯ Despite failing to demonstrate an interval increase in the proportion of children presenting to TPCH-CED requiring mental health services, it is clear that children with mental health needs, like their adult counterparts, disproportionately experience delays to appropriate care when compared with children presenting with other emergency conditions. Ongoing research is warranted to assess standards of care and the impact of mental health presentations on CEDs.
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Emerg Med Australas · Feb 2021
Evaluating an emergency department-based mental health liaison nurse service: A multi-site translational research project.
We aimed to translate and evaluate a model of mental health liaison nursing (MHLN) care that was embedded within EDs. ⋯ Findings from the present study indicate that a model of ED-based MHLN care developed in a metropolitan setting was successfully translated to two rural sites. However, the model needs to adhere to certain key principles, and be adequately resourced in order to be sustainable and improve outcomes for ED patients and access to community care.
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Emerg Med Australas · Feb 2021
Observational StudyImpact of COVID-19 'circuit-breaker' measures on emergency medical service (EMS) utilisation and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) outcomes in Singapore.
To understand the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on emergency medical services (EMSs) utilisation and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest outcomes in Singapore. ⋯ The findings contribute to a growing body of literature internationally on the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on EMS utilisation and outcomes.