Emergency Department, Saint Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Occupational Therapy, Saint Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Emerg Med J. 2020 Nov;37(11):714-716. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2020-210005. Epub 2020 Sep 24.
We describe the expansion and adaptation of a frailty response team to assess older people in their usual place of residence. The team had commenced a weekend service to a limited area in February 2020. As a consequence of demand related to the COVID-19 pandemic, we expanded it and adapted the model of care to provide a 7-day service to our entire catchment area. Five hundred and ninety two patient reviews have been completed in the first 105 days of operation with 43 patients transferred to hospital for further investigation or management following assessment.
我们描述了一个虚弱反应团队的扩展和适应,以评估老年人在其通常居住的地方。该团队于 2020 年 2 月开始在一个有限的地区提供周末服务。由于与 COVID-19 大流行相关的需求,我们对其进行了扩展,并调整了护理模式,以向我们整个服务区域提供 7 天服务。在运营的前 105 天内,已经完成了 592 次患者评估,其中 43 名患者在评估后被转至医院进行进一步检查或治疗。