Understanding Emergency Room Operations at Lancaster High School Presentation
Join the NEPRIS presentation at Lancaster High School on October 13, 2023, at 5:45pm EST to gain insights from Mark Sevilla on how Emergency Rooms function. Explore the challenges, best aspects, and impacts of Covid-19 on ED operations. Discover the key factors affecting staff from providing optimal patient care and the current shifts in Emergency Departments. Don't miss the chance to delve into the world of ED operations and ask your pressing questions.
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Better Understanding How NEPRIS Presentation Lancaster High School October 13, 2023, 5:45pm EST Emergency Rooms Function Presented by Mark Sevilla, DNP, RN, CENP Vice President, BeH & Emergency Services Yale New Haven Hospital
Emergency Departments: Understanding the Shift Historically Life and limb threatening accidents and illnesses Today Primary site to access routine, unscheduled care
What are the Biggest Challenges? INPUT THROUGHPUT OUTPUT Walk-ins EMS traffic Referrals Physical space Staffing Labs, imaging, etc. Consults Admitted patients waiting for a bed Process efficiencies Waiting for transport Lack of referral services (especially psychiatric) Process efficiencies
What are the Best Parts of the ED?
How Did Covid-19 Change Life in the ED? Reality that we work in an environment with very real dangers Made many re-think their career choices and settings in which they work Drove significant negative financial impacts on hospitals (related to high cost of operations during and post-Covid) resulting in layoffs, reductions of services, and hospital closures Created an awareness that despite disaster planning, most hospitals were no equipped to manage a public health event of this magnitude Increased the frequency of workplace violence Increase the volume of psychiatric patients presenting to the ED
