Open AccessThe Acute Medicine – Speciality Interface: Experience in a large teaching hospital
Author(s) -
Jo Southgate,
Prina Ruparelia,
Susan M. Phillips
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
acute medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1747-4892
pISSN - 1747-4884
DOI - 10.52964/amja.0475
Subject(s) - medicine , acute medicine , emergency department , emergency medicine , medical emergency , table (database) , unit (ring theory) , intensive care medicine , nursing , mathematics education , mathematics , computer science , data mining
The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital opened at its present site in 2001. The purpose built Acute Medicine Unit (AMU) is on the ground level, co-located with Emergency Radiology and the Emergency Department (ED). There are, on average, 220 ED attendances and 70 AMU admissions each day, with a split of approximately 30% General Practice referrals and 70% ED referrals. (see table 1) There is no observation ward in the ED, although there is an arrangement for the Emergency Physicians to manage patients with uncomplicated head injury for up to 48 hours.