Non Urgent Visit to Emergency Department at a Tertiary Care Hospital - A Retrospective Analysis
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 29,856
- 试验地点
- 1
研究概览
简要总结
The use of ED by patients with non-urgent conditions has largely been seen in many hospitals. However, in general, half of the patients who visit the ED are non-urgent conditions. Due to this, the ED continues to struggle with overcrowding. This study aimed to determine the common reasons for non-urgent visits and their management in the ED by analysing the past medical records between January 2024 to December 2024. The management includes triage time, consultation time, cross referrals, and time taken by cross referrals, admission and discharge status, admission and discharge criteria, time taken for admission and discharge decisions, and delay time and reason for delay.
详细描述
Nurses must understand emergency department flow and patient management patterns to effectively interact with patients who present with varied healthcare needs. This retrospective study was conducted at Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre to evaluate non-urgent visits to the Emergency Department. Data was collected from medical records (case sheets) of ER patient admissions between January 2024 to December 2024. The study focused on patients who were in the non-urgent (triage) category, excluding urgent category patients. The study analyzed triage management including triage time, consultation time, cross referrals, admission and discharge status and criteria, time taken for decisions, and reasons for delay.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Other
- 时间视角
- Other
入排标准
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Medical records of Emergency department patient admissions between January 2024 to December 2024
- •Records of patients who were classified as non-urgent triage category
排除标准
- •Medical records of patients who were classified in the urgent category
- •Incomplete or missing data in the medical records
研究者
Seethalakshmi Avudaiappan
Dr. A.Seethalakshmi, Principal Investigator, Professor and Head of the Department, Department of Nursing Foundation
Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research