Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA
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Emerg Med Australas · Feb 2020
Observational StudyRapid Assessment, Planning, Investigations and Discharge: Piloting the introduction of a senior doctor at triage model in an Australian paediatric emergency department.
We implemented a senior doctor at triage (SDT) pilot programme at The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne. We examined the impact on ED length of stay, seen on time and fail to wait (FTW) rates. ⋯ Implementation of a SDT model in a tertiary paediatric ED resulted in an increased proportion of patients being seen on time, having shorter length of stays in the ED and reduced the number of patients who FTW. Further studies are required to determine whether these improvements are sustained over time.