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Welcome to Christchurch Hospital Emergency Department Website. Since inception in 1999 our
emphasis has shifted towards informing those in the healthcare sector
about the department from an employment perspective, as well as the
training opportunities that exist here for medical, nursing and allied
healthcare groups. We have new pages highlighting medical and
nursing training.
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The Christchurch Hospital Emergency Department (ED) is the sole emergency medical facility in Christchurch, and acts as the acute access point for all tertiary care in the Canterbury region.
The ED sees 72,000 patients annually, of which 48% get admitted. We are one of the busiest Emergency Departments in Australasia and are the sole Emergency Department for a population catchment of 500,000 people.
Our Department serves not only the city but the surrounding Canterbury region. We also receive aeromedical transfers from other parts of New Zealand, especially from the South Island.
Christchurch Hospital is a 650+ bed institution with full tertiary care facilities. It is one of eleven hospitals administered by Canterbury District Health Board. All major specialties are represented on-site, with the exception of Mental Health. Neo natal and womens’ hospital are now on site. Hospital inpatient occupancy rate generally runs between 90 - 95%.
Special nursing care should include the 24 bed Acute Medical Assessment Unit which nurses can, in certain circumstances, refer directly to.
High dependency care is represented by;
Other high dependency facilities include Surgical/Medical/Burns/Dialysis and Paediatric HDUs.
From Specialist Emergency Physicians to training Registrars, and Medical students, we receive numerous enquiries from around the globe regarding availability of positions. The combination of a popular and successful training program, aligned with a supportive working environment and ready access to skiing, climbing and marine-based pursuits, has resulted in our positions being competitively held.
The advent of a Post-graduate Certificate in Emergency Nursing at Masters level has further enhanced the desirability of the department, for staff wishing to progress professionally while being able take advantage of the local lifestyle.
The Department works as a team. This requires crucial input from people with a variety of skills; from social workers, clerical, department assistants and administrative personnel. There are new opportunities.
The EOA is an eighteen bed acute adult observation and assessment unit located within the Emergency Department (ED). The EOA is used for ED patients who require short-term admission or for further work-up and in whom discharge is anticipated within eight hours. The key performance indicator aims for a discharge rate in excess of 80% of all patients admitted. Referral of patients may be via GP or ED doctors may refer to any inpatient team for an assessment to see whether admission is indicated. The EOA has the ability to centrally cardiac monitor short-term patients but does not provide high dependency beds or long term or complex monitoring requirements.
The mix of bed numbers in the EOA is flexible and used for both assessment and observation patients according to clinical demand.
EOA is primarily for patients over 15 years of age, except for older teenagers, eg 13,14 year olds who have adult problems such as acute alcohol intoxication, which would make their admission to Children’s Acute Assessment (CAA) inappropriate.
EOA is a high turnover unit with anywhere between 900-1200 admissions per month.
Janine Griffiths is the Clinical Charge Nurse (CCN) and can be contacted on Pager 8020 Monday-Friday 0800-1630 hours.
Cindy Dorset is the Ward Clerk Monday-Friday 0730-1600 and can be contacted on extension 88656.
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