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care while you’re on AMU will be able to discuss this with you.
Aim Therapy staff to discharge 40% of patients directly home from AMU following intervention from therapy and start therapy on AMU for 50% of patients
side locker This was piloted successfully on AMU in GRH for over 4 months resulting in a safer and more efficient service to AMU.
Areas of expertise Acute GIM medicine Geriatric medicine Inpatient services Acute take AMU SDEC CADU
AMU in Kings College London Why this specialty?
Ground floor corridor between the Atrium (Costa) and ED - area of corridor with the large time lapse images First floor corridor between outpatients and AMU
PDSA Cycles included staff education, considering existing ward-round checklists used in AMU being adapted for wards and implementation of national ReSPECT
This affects the corridor on the ground floor with the large timelapse photograph and the first-floor corridor between AMU and first-floor Outpatients.
35% and 37%in patients presenting with cardiac sounding chest pain following relatively simple interventions to modify requesting practice in ED and AMU
Our length of stay on the Frailty Assessment Unit (based on AMU) is consistently below 24 hours, with our lowest LOS being 17.6 hours for April 2019.
This affects the corridor on the ground floor with the large timelapse photograph, the first-floor corridor between AMU and first-floor Outpatients, and
non-clinical time would have made the process far easier Better promotion would help with improved staff engagement Next steps: Begin engagement with A&E and AMU
This affects the corridor on the ground floor with the large timelapse photograph and the first-floor corridor between AMU and first-floor Outpatients,
Pippa Medcalf (AMU Cons/inpatient homeless Lead)
We implemented the bundle on yellow paper and performed teaching to both ED and AMU to increase awareness.
Most of our patients are admitted in an emergency, usually from the Emergency Department (ED) or the Acute Medical Unit (AMU).
Our patients are medical patients admitted as an emergency from the emergency department via the AMU.
You may be asked to attend one of our other assessment clinics such as AMU (acute medical assessment unit) or SDEC (same-day emergency clinic) for more