This report provides an indication of how busy the hospital emergency department is as at 10am each day. This may change at any point during the day depending on the number of patients arriving for treatment through the emergency department.
'On bypass' is a term that describes whether the hospital emergency department has requested ambulances to be redirected to other hospitals. This happens when the emergency department has reached maximum capacity and the treatment of patients already in the emergency department could be significantly compromised with the arrival, by ambulance, of further patients. Ambulances are then redirected to emergency departments that are less busy. Hospital bypass only affects patients arriving by ambulance, all 'walk in' patients will still be treated by staff in the emergency department.
The second table provides data on the number of patients waiting in the emergency department for transfer to a ward bed in the hospital as at 10am each morning and provides summary information about the strategies hospitals have put in place to accommodate patients waiting for beds.
Bypass status as at 10:00am on Friday 20 November , 2009
|
Hospital |
On |
Thu |
Wed |
Tue |
Mon |
Sun |
Sat |
Fri |
| Bundaberg Hospital |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Caboolture Hospital |
No |
No |
Bypass |
Bypass |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Cairns Base Hospital |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Caloundra Hospital |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Gladstone Hospital |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Gold Coast Hospital |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Gympie Hospital |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Hervey Bay Hospital |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Ipswich Hospital |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Logan Hospital |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Mackay Base Hospital |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Maryborough Hospital |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Nambour Hospital |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Princess Alexandra Hospital |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Redcliffe Hospital |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Redland Hospital |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Robina Hospital |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Rockhampton Base Hospital |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Royal Children's Hospital |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| The Prince Charles Hospital |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Toowoomba Hospital |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Townsville Hospital |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
Hospital |
Patients |
Strategies to accommodate patients waiting for beds. |
| Bundaberg Hospital |
0 |
N/A |
| Caboolture Hospital |
1 |
- Patient will be moved to the ward following expected am discharges. |
| Cairns Base Hospital |
14 |
- Awaiting discharges, patients will be admitted to a bed as soon as possible. |
| Caloundra Hospital |
3 |
- Awaiting discharges, patients will be admitted to a bed as soon as possible. |
| Gladstone Hospital |
1 |
- Patient will be moved to the ward following expected am discharges. |
| Gold Coast Hospital |
5 |
- Consultation with the ward medical and nursing staff to determine availability of beds in the next 12 hours. - Opening of a fast track area in the emergency department to free the main emergency area to manage seriously ill patients requiring admission. - Liaison with QAS when bed situation becomes critical, to allow faster discharge of patients requiring assisted transfer home. |
| Gympie Hospital |
1 |
- Patient will be moved to the ward following expected am discharges. |
| Hervey Bay Hospital |
1 |
- Patient will be moved to the ward following expected am discharges. |
| Ipswich Hospital |
1 |
- Patient will be moved to the ward following expected am discharges. |
| Logan Hospital |
0 |
N/A |
| Mackay Base Hospital |
0 |
N/A |
| Maryborough Hospital |
0 |
N/A |
| Mount Isa Hospital |
0 |
N/A |
| Nambour Hospital |
13 |
- Awaiting discharges, patients will be admitted to a bed as soon as possible. |
| Princess Alexandra Hospital |
4 |
- Patients transferred from emergency department to a bed in the hospital as early as possible. - Early morning review of inpatients by medical and nursing staff to assist in the discharge of patients. - Ensure discharged patients awaiting transport home are transferred to a transit lounge to assist in clearing inpatient beds as early as possible. |
| Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital |
1 |
- Patient will be moved to the ward following expected am discharges. |
| Redcliffe Hospital |
3 |
- Awaiting discharges, patients will be admitted to a bed as soon as possible. |
| Redland Hospital |
7 |
- Awaiting discharges, patients will be admitted to a bed as soon as possible. |
| Robina Hospital |
10 |
- Awaiting discharges, patients will be admitted to a bed as soon as possible. |
| Rockhampton Base Hospital |
5 |
- Awaiting discharges, patients will be admitted to a bed as soon as possible. |
| Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital |
20 |
- Bed management is co-ordinated centrally via a Patient Flow Unit. - Early morning bed meetings to assist in finding beds to place patients. - Early morning review of inpatients by medical and nursing staff to assist in the discharge of patients. - Ensure discharged patients awaiting transport home are transferred to a transit lounge to assist in clearing inpatient beds as early as possible. - All beds in the hospital are not to remain vacant for longer than 30 minutes whilst a patient is waiting for a bed anywhere in the hospital complex. - All physical beds open. |
| Royal Children's Hospital |
2 |
- Awaiting discharges, patients will be admitted to a bed as soon as possible. |
| The Prince Charles Hospital |
1 |
- Patient will be moved to the ward following expected am discharges. |
| Toowoomba Hospital |
5 |
- Awaiting discharges, patients will be admitted to a bed as soon as possible. |
| Townsville Hospital |
12 |
- Waiting bed management meeting held at 8am, 9am and 12 noon. - Registrars to review patients for discharge. - Bed management meeting at 3pm and involvement of specialists regarding alternative arrangement. - Postpone selective elective surgery. - Contact referring hospitals to defer patient transfers and accept early transfer of patients back. - Activate intervention by senior nursing staff. |