Latest updates for Australia’s Emergency Departments

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  • Record-high ED presentations and increasing case complexity taking toll on doctors
  • Australia’s Emergency Departments Struggle to Meet Growing Needs of Older Patients
  • Record 1.4 million patients swamp NZ emergency departments as doctors warn of crisis

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rnz.co.nz /3 weeks ago

Record-high ED presentations and increasing case complexity taking toll on doctors

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine says annual ED presentations are up 21 percent from 2015-16, despite population growth of only 13 percent.

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thenews-chronicle.com /1 week ago

Australia’s Emergency Departments Struggle to Meet Growing Needs of Older Patients

The most recent news from Nigeria and across the world is available at The News Chronicle. The News Chronicle provides the most recent headlines, commentary, and political news. Au...

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stuff.co.nz /3 weeks ago

Record 1.4 million patients swamp NZ emergency departments as doctors warn of crisis

Emergency doctors say rising numbers of seriously ill patients, hospital bed shortages and workforce pressures are leaving EDs operating at or above capacity every day.

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abc.net.au /4 weeks ago

'Makeshift' treatment areas and long waits reported at Lyell McEwin Hospital ED, union says

'Makeshift' treatment areas and long waits reported at Lyell McEwin Hospital ED, union says

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rnz.co.nz /1 month ago

Patient numbers soar for Whanganui Hospital's 15-bed emergency department

On one day in September, the 15-bed department reached 253 percent capacity - equivalent to about 50 patients in the department at one time.

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stuff.co.nz /1 month ago

‘It’s a warzone’: Man found collapsed after suffering aneurysm in hospital toilets

104 ED staff declare state of emergency as ‘diabolical’ conditions put patients’ lives at risk

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rnz.co.nz /5 days ago

Patients 'in danger' from understaffed emergency department, doctors say

The emergency department is on the brink of collapse at Wairau Hospital, with patients being put in danger because of too few staff, doctors say.

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stuff.co.nz /1 month ago

‘Our emergency issue’: Got an ED story to share? Paddy Gower and Paula Penfold want to hear it

From corridor care and long waits to lifesaving treatment, we want your stories.

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rnz.co.nz /1 month ago

People risking irreversible heart damage over concerns about busy emergency departments

Heart doctors are urging anyone with chest pains or heart attack symptoms to get urgent medical help despite the current strain on the health system.

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rte.ie /2 days ago

70,000 left EDs before full treatment in seven months

More than 70,100 people did not wait, or left before completing their treatment, in emergency departments during the first seven months of this year, new figures show.

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hospitalnews.com /6 days ago

Alberta launches physician-led triage program to strengthen emergency departments

New initiative aims to improve patient assessment, reduce treatment delays and ease pressure on hospital emergency departments. Alberta is moving forward with a Triage Liaison Phys...

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abc.net.au /2 weeks ago

Ambulances ramped at Lyell McEwin Hospital after October long weekend, union says

Ambulances ramped at Lyell McEwin Hospital after October long weekend, union says

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newswire.com /1 week ago

Emergency Care Partners Urges Hospitals to Prepare Now for New CMS Emergency Department Measures

As CMS prepares to publicly report ER wait times, boarding delays, and other access measures, ECP and its network of partner physician groups say hospitals have roughly a year to g...

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stuff.co.nz /1 month ago

Patient collapses, needs CPR in Waikato Hospital ED waiting room

The patient suffered a medical event about 40 minutes after arriving at the emergency department, with a source saying there were no beds available when she arrived.

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rnz.co.nz /1 month ago

Some patients face 24-hour wait at Wellington Hospital emergency department

One patient arrived in the evening and was eventually admitted at 6am, after falling asleep and face-planting.

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rnz.co.nz /1 month ago

Middlemore Hospital swamped in 'appalling' late-night surge of patients

A doctor at Auckland’s Middlemore Hospital says 103 patients were queuing at 11.15pm on Wednesday, waiting to be seen by just seven doctors.

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bioengineer.org /4 weeks ago

AI Forecasting Reshapes Doctor Schedules in a Pediatric Emergency Room

Emergency departments around the world share a stubborn problem: patients arrive in waves that never quite match the number of doctors on duty. When demand outstrips staffing, wait...

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bbc.co.uk /1 week ago

Emergency doctor 'completely terrified' of looming winter pressures on NHS

Dr Fiona Hunter says A&E departments are providing "unsafe" levels of care, with some patients spending 72 hours on trolleys in hospital corridors.

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rnz.co.nz /1 month ago

'Absolute chaos' at Gisborne Hospital ED as nurses struggle with staffing shortages

More than 30 ED nurses from Gisborne Hospital will strike for an hour on Wednesday over unsafe staffing levels.

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dailyrecord.co.uk /6 days ago

A&E crisis putting medically vulnerable patients 'at risk on overflowing wards', MSPs warned

It comes as Public Health Scotland figures showed just 66.7 per cent of A&e patients were admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours during the month of August.

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abc.net.au /3 weeks ago

Lyell McEwin Hospital pressure leading to demand 'flashpoint', union warns

Lyell McEwin Hospital pressure leading to demand 'flashpoint', union warns

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bbc.co.uk /1 month ago

Scotcast: Will NHS reform end A&E ‘corridor care’?

A&E doctor on the state of our hospitals’ emergency departments.

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scotsman.com /1 week ago

The shocking figures that reveal how bad Scotland's A&E crisis has got under SNP – Jackie Baillie

Emergency departments in two flagship hospitals can sometimes be forced to deal with more than double or triple the number of patients they are designed to treat

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rnz.co.nz /1 month ago

Wellington Hospital closes off part of corridor for extra beds

Wellington Hospital has placed beds in a corridor outside the ED observation unit for stable patients awaiting admission or discharge.

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