Same day emergency care

Published

16 March 2023

Theme

Pathway improvement

Sub Theme

Delivering improvement in acute care

About

In this episode, Dr Barbara Lachana Onen, Dr Tania Elias and Dr Simon Biart discuss ambulatory care, SDEC and frailty, and ambulatory management of an adult with learning difficulties.

A tertiary care ambulatory heart failure pathway

Heart failure (HF) is the commonest cause of adult hospital admissions in the over 65s, accounting for over 67,000 admissions in England and Wales per year 1.¹ The average hospital stay lasts 13 days and costs around £3,800.²

Read: Clinical medicine journal

How do we identify acute medical admissions that are suitable for same day emergency care?

Medical emergencies causing unplanned hospital admission place considerable demands on acute healthcare services. Some patients can be assessed and treated through ambulatory pathways without inpatient admission, via same-day emergency care (SDEC).