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Written by: Wang Jieen
2021-03-26 20:29
The last update date: 2021-03-26 20:29
A 63-year-old male patient "waited until he died" while waiting for the room in the emergency room last month. The community organization association received similar requests for help earlier. Some patients deteriorated while waiting for consultation in the emergency room of the Prince of Wales Hospital. Died from severe cerebral hemorrhage.
The Association of Community Organizations accompanies the wife and brother of the deceased to meet with the hospital today (26th). At the meeting, the hospital agreed that the A&E process could be improved, and the Accident and Emergency Specialty Coordinating Committee will review the triage guidelines.
For patients who are taking risky drugs (such as blood-thinning drugs), the hospital believes that it should be included as a consideration in clinical judgment during and after triage monitoring.
A patient's condition deteriorated while waiting for consultation in the Accident and Emergency Department of Prince of Wales Hospital and eventually died of severe cerebral hemorrhage.
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The Association of Community Organizations stated that at the meeting, the hospital agreed that the process in the accident and emergency department could be improved.
For patients who are taking risky drugs (such as blood thinners), they should be considered as clinical judgments during triage and monitoring after triage. The Accident and Emergency Specialty Coordinating Committee will review the triage guidelines.
Consider using smart devices to monitor patients
In addition, the Accident and Emergency Department currently arranges to inspect all waiting patients approximately every two hours.
The hospital also revealed that in the future, it will consider using smart devices to monitor changes in patients' conditions in real time to remind medical staff to follow up.
The hospital also stated that health assistants in the A&E department should be more sensitive to changes in the patient’s condition, and know how to report to nurses that need to pay attention to the situation, and the A&E department needs to strengthen relevant training.
Earlier, it was reported by the media that a casual worker who had suffered a stroke was sent to hospital and waited in the emergency room for about 3 hours.
Later, his family members discovered that he had lost consciousness. After the rescue, he was found to have severe brain hemorrhage and was pronounced dead.
In addition, in February this year, a 63-year-old male patient with a chronic disease passed away in the emergency room waiting area. The patient or death was unknown for 6.5 hours.
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