dc.contributor.author | Crilly, Julia | |
dc.contributor.author | Keijzers, Gerben | |
dc.contributor.author | Tippett, Vivienne | |
dc.contributor.author | O'Dwyer, John | |
dc.contributor.author | Lind, James | |
dc.contributor.author | Bost, Nerolie | |
dc.contributor.author | O'Dwyer, Marilla | |
dc.contributor.author | Shiels, Sue | |
dc.contributor.author | Wallis, Marianne | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-08-28T02:56:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-08-28T02:56:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1742-6731 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/1742-6723.12399 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/125044 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objective:
To describe and compare characteristics and outcomes of patients who arrive by ambulance to the ED. We aimed to (i) compare patients with a delayed ambulance offload time (AOT) >30 min with those who were not delayed; and (ii) identify predictors of an ED length of stay (LOS) of >4 h for ambulance-arriving patients.
Methods:
A retrospective, multi-site cohort study was undertaken in Australia using 12 months of linked health data (September 2007–2008). Outcomes of AOT delayed and non-delayed presentations were compared. Logistic regression analysis was undertaken to identify predictors of an ED LOS of >4 h.
Results:
Of the 40 783 linked, analysable ambulance presentations, AOT delay of >30 min was experienced by 15%, and 63% had an ED LOS of >4 h. Patients with an AOT <30 min had better outcomes for: time to triage; ambulance time at hospital; time to see healthcare professional; proportion seen within recommended triage time frame; and ED LOS for both admitted and non-admitted patients. In-hospital mortality did not differ. Strong predictors of an ED LOS >4 h included: hospital admission, older age, triage category, and offload delay >30 min.
Conclusion:
Patients arriving to the ED via ambulance and offloaded within 30 min experience better outcomes than those delayed. Given that offload delay is a modifiable predictor of an ED LOS of >4 h, targeted improvements in the ED arrival process for ambulance patients might be useful. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 216 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 224 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 3 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Emergency Medicine Australasia | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 27 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Clinical Sciences | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Public Health and Health Services | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 111799 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 1103 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 1117 | |
dc.title | Improved outcomes for emergency department patients whose ambulance off-stretcher time is not delayed | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
dcterms.license | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ | |
dc.description.version | Published | |
gro.faculty | Griffith Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery | |
gro.rights.copyright | © 2015 The Authors. Emergency Medicine Australasia published by Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd on behalf of Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and Australasian Society for Emergency Medicine. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Wallis, Marianne | |
gro.griffith.author | Crilly, Julia | |
gro.griffith.author | Keijzers, Gerben | |