Manitoba to fast-track less critical emergency patients

Manitoba to fast-track less critical emergency patients.

Effect of clinician designation on emergency department fast track performance.

OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of clinician designation on emergency department (ED) fast track performance. DESIGN AND SETTING A retrospective audit of patients managed in the fast track area of an ED in metropolitan Melbourne, Australia. PARTICIPANTS Patients triaged to ED fast track from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2008 (n=8714). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Waiting times in relation to Au...

A renal colic fast track pathway to improve waiting times and outcomes for patients presenting to the emergency department

INTRODUCTION Renal colic is commonly encountered in the emergency department (ED). We validated a fast track renal colic (FTRC) initiative to decrease patient waiting times and streamline patient flow. METHOD The FTRC pathway was devised according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence clinical summary criteria for the management of patients with suspected renal colic. ED tr...

The prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in emergency department fast track patients.

BACKGROUND Over the past two decades, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has evolved from a hospital-associated infection to a significant public health threat in the community, causing outbreaks of soft tissue infections in otherwise healthy individuals. The goal of this study was to determine the prevalence of nasal MRSA colonization in low acuity Emergency Department (ED) Fas...

Analgesia in fast-track paediatric cardiac patients.

OBJECTIVE We introduced a fast-track program for our cardiac operations requiring adjustment in anaesthesia techniques to facilitate rapid extubation and discharge from the intensive care unit (ICU). Our objective was to investigate the quality of analgesia in fast-track paediatric cardiac patients. METHODS We performed a retrospective review of the records of all patients who were fast-track...