Bristol Emergency Department Checklist

An emergency department safety checklist used at hospitals in the region including southmead is set to be rolled out to trusts across england.

Bristol emergency department checklist.

Evaluating an emergency department checklist to improve patient safety and care emergency departments eds in hospitals are busier than ever. Bmj open quality 2018 7 e000325. Case study west of england emergency department collaborative university hospitals bristol nhs foundation trust uhb was funded by the health foundation shine innovation programme in 2014 to introduce a safety checklist in the emergency department ed. Crowding describes overwhelmed eds unable to operate effectively.

The aims of the emergency department ed safety checklist are to standardise and improve the delivery of basic care in eds to improve resilience in eds during periods of crowding to improve the safety and clinical outcomes for patients accessing the emergency care system and to improve ed performance against best practice tariffs. Hospital trusts across the country are being urged to use an initiative developed in bristol to improve patient safety in emergency departments. Emergency department ed attendances in the uk have increased significantly during the past 5 years resulting in 23 4 million attendances in 2016 2017 1 crowding is now a familiar challenge in uk eds. Aimed to address overcrowding in a e and the increase in mortality rates this causes.

One of the collaborative s key areas of work was the implementation of the emergency department ed safety checklist developed by university hospitals bristol nhs foundation trust across all seven emergency departments in the region spanning six hospital trusts and the ambulance service. Tuesday 18 july 2017. Bristol s emergency department safety checklist scoops national patient safety award. An innovation to improve safety in emergency care.

Doi 10 1136 bmjoq 2018 000325 received 8 january 2018 revised 20 july 2018 accepted 31 july 2018 1emergency department university hospitals bristol nhs foundation trust bristol uk 2department of health and social sciences. Created by clinicians for clinicians the checklist was developed and tested by the university hospitals bristol nhs foundation trust with support from the west of england academic health science network the evidence base is strong and compelling. Implemented a checklist designed to improve patient safety in emergency care departments. Implemented in the emergency department at the trust.

The number of emergency departments using the checklist is growing quickly as clinicians realise it keeps their patients safe. If an emergency department is crowded and ambulances can t drop off patients it can cause long delays in seeing a doctor for very ill people. Since april 2016 the west of england academic health science network ahsn has.