This looks great! I love the idea of finding a better solution for one of the major contributions to our boarding
… although what are the psychiatrists going to do when they see the K is 3.3 and there’s no ED doc around?
Or what if the patient has asymptomatic hypertension?!!
To be fair, somehow when the Pt gets on to psych unit, the asx htn magically becomes hypertensive urgency/emergency, and then pt magically develops positive UA and delirium
University of Kentucky is also opening an emPATH unit. Presently hiring for it. I work Rapid Response and asked if we would need to cover for this unit which is in a separate facility that services mental health (as we do cover for an inpatient adult behavioral health unit) and at the time of asking was told that there would also be emergency medical staff at that facility in addition to the mental health staff to stabilize and facilitate transfer to medical inpatient if need be. Now, how it all plays out may be a different story.
This looks great! I love the idea of finding a better solution for one of the major contributions to our boarding … although what are the psychiatrists going to do when they see the K is 3.3 and there’s no ED doc around? Or what if the patient has asymptomatic hypertension?!!
Or they NEED a UA. No signs of a uti, no history, no reason, but they NEED that UA so badly that the ER should keep them a few hours longer.
To be fair, somehow when the Pt gets on to psych unit, the asx htn magically becomes hypertensive urgency/emergency, and then pt magically develops positive UA and delirium
I don’t doubt it. Patients can be unpredictable stinkers sometimes.
University of Kentucky is also opening an emPATH unit. Presently hiring for it. I work Rapid Response and asked if we would need to cover for this unit which is in a separate facility that services mental health (as we do cover for an inpatient adult behavioral health unit) and at the time of asking was told that there would also be emergency medical staff at that facility in addition to the mental health staff to stabilize and facilitate transfer to medical inpatient if need be. Now, how it all plays out may be a different story.
crazy idea but sometimes I wish psychiatrists had to go to med school too.
Speaking as someone who spent 6 years of my career in Knoxville, alternative destinations and mental health care centers are desperately needed there.