Harbor:Main

This is the main page for Harbor-UCLA emergency department; See Pediatric ED for the main Harbor pediatric page.

Admin Updates


OLD TOPICS

  • Hyperbaric treatment for CO
    • Options - UCLA Westwood, Long Beach Memorial, UCSD, NOT MAC to Catalina (only for dive injuries)
    • UR coordinates the acceptance
    • Transfers: UR should help coordinate the transfer - ELTC/HLOC - needs to occur <1-2 hrs
      • Sending facility is supposed to arrange transfer
      • If UR not able to get transfer in a timely manner --> MAC (CDO) - must be approved by house supervisor & Joy; BLS/ALS/CC transport
        • Medics can call the radio for online base medical direction/orders


  • New Expedited Work up Clinic referral process: https://www.wikem.org/wiki/Harbor:Expedited_Work-up_Clinic_(EWC)
  • New asthma guidelines
    • The preferred DHS controller medication is Symbicort (formeterol – long-acting B-agonist + budesonide – inhaled corticosteroid), 2nd line is Advair (salmeterol + fluticasone).
    • If seeing the patient in the ED for an asthma exacerbation, please be sure to refill their controller medication AND the albuterol (if needed). We fall out if they fill more albuterol Rx’s in a year than their controller medication, so we need to make sure they get both when seen in the ED. If prescribing albuterol, do not give refills (you get 200 puffs!).
  • Sepsis – remember to do the required components of the sepsis core measure w/in 3 hrs (30ml/kg, bcx, abx), document using the auto text (use “auto text copy utility” to get Brad Chappell’s “ .harsepsis” to go through the reminder guidance text and exclusions for IVF 30ml/kg. Communicate to the admitting team if they need to repeat the lactate and perform the sepsis reassessment exam with time stamp (w/in 6 hrs).
  • If UR is suggesting a transfer to Rancho Los Amigos (RLA), then place the ‘consult to Transfer Center’ order. The Transfer Center is a county entity that helps transfer patients between county facilities.
  • Synapse got a new look. See link for details. A one-page intro guide are available on DHS SharePoint
    • Alt+C still works to compare studies.
    • Open the PowerJacket (folder icons) and then you can pull up the read on 'reports'. Click the dropdown to switch from 'report' to 'notes' to find a free text prelim read.
    • Change your default settings to what PowerJacket looks like and select ‘Notes’ and ‘Reports’ to always open so you can see prelim and final reads, respectively.
  • Patient Relations Representatives (PRR) 3p-2a, 7days a week – call Registration for PRR who can help empanel into DHS or change empanelment/network in real time in the ED. PRR can come to bedside to meet with patient or send patient to Registration Windows. During business hours, send patient to Patient Relations Office in Rm 1-B-1.


  • Active Threat in the ED
    • Situational awareness
      • Stand between door and patient
      • Ensure patient is gowned
      • Be aware of long stethoscope, lanyard, long hair, etc
      • Panic buttons at nursing stations/router
      • Run & scream for help
    • Hospital Codes
      • Gold x111 - combative/agitated patient
      • Gray x64450 - combative/agitated NON-patient
      • Silver x111 - weapon, active shooter, hostage

General Administrative

Ambulance (EMS) Triage

Administrative duties

Administrative resources

RME & triage

Harbor ED policy manual

ED attending on call plan

Harbor Legal

Managing your Patient

General

On shift (PC) Cheat Sheet

Paging consultants

Phone numbers

Radiology directory

Tests & Orders


Radiology

Radiology Hours

[Radiology Directory]

STAT MRI

Interventional Radiology (IR)

  • When discussing the case with IR, the ED provider needs to clarify if the patient will require sedation for the procedure and communicate this plan to the ED bedside nurse
  • Two pathways from the ED:
    • Patient requires sedation for the procedure – they will be recovered in the PACU
      • If patient is being discharged, the patient will be DC’d from PACU
      • If patient is being admitted, the patient will go to their assigned inpatient room or board in the PACU
    • Patient does not require sedation for the procedure
      • They will be returned to the ED after the procedure

US & QPathE

  • QPathE Login link
    • Login using e# and associated password
    • Double-click the exam
    • Click "edit" at the top of the page
    • Enter MRN in the "patient ID" box
    • in "comments" enter trauma FAST
    • Click save at top of screen


Contrast

Upload Outside Films to PACS

  • Get form from clerk
  • Put patient sticker on Form
  • Check "Import"
  • Sign

Get Images on Disc (For DC or Transfer)

  • Same as upload EXCEPT
    • Check "Export"
    • Write time frame on form you want studies from

Blood products

Antibiogram

Finding Equipment/DME

ED supplies A-Z

Procedures

Special patient types

Code Activations

Placement patients

Psych Patients, Code Gold, & Exodus

Scheduled dialysis patients in ED

Sexual Assault/STI Exposure (SART)

Occupational Exposure

Harbor Radiation Precautions

NFL Injured Player/Staff Protocol

Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Treatment Options

Infectious Disease Threats

Social Work

Crown Checks

  • Screening L & D patients: If a pregnant person is brought back to the PED for an evaluation, it should be for active labor and the urge to push.
    • If the pregnant person has the urge to push, we are doing a crown check – that is looking to make sure the head is not visible. We are not doing a complete internal exam. If no head is visible and everything else seems okay, we do a quick MSE note and the patient is sent upstairs to L & D after the nurses call up and let them know they are coming up.
    • Caveats:
      • If the pregnant person is having contractions and the baby appears to be premature below 37 weeks (especially less than 32 weeks) and delivery seems to be imminent (water broke, contractions very close together, etc) consider calling OB batch as the baby can be born through only a partially dilated cervix with little pushing. We do not want this to happen in the elevator.
      • If the birthing person has had multiple pregnancies/deliveries, the baby can be born rather quickly; be more conservative in your clinical judgement to transfer to OB.
      • Vaginal bleeding – if the birthing person is having significant vaginal bleeding, then OB should be called down to us for evaluation – using the OB batch pager gets them down quickly.
      • Please use your medical knowledge to determine the risk to the birthing person and the chances the baby could be born in the elevator. If in doubt call OB batch page for OB to come down to evaluate the situation (I frequently have them come down for micropremies to check to see how imminent delivery is rather than sending upstairs with the risk of delivering in the elevator).

Patients requiring ED D&C

  • If an ED patient requires a dilation and curettage (D&C) for indications such as spontaneous miscarriage or retained products of conception, it can be performed in the adult or pediatric ED’s in collaboration with the OB/GYN team. Once the patient has been consented by the OB/GYN team, they can administer a bedside paracervical block and provide additional analgesia within their scope of practice. If the patient requires (or requests) procedural sedation to facilitate the procedure, this should be discussed with the ED Attending. The ED Attending will determine whether procedural sedation is feasible based on the ED team's capacity and the current state of the department.
  • The estimated sedation time may vary based on the clinical situation, but it is generally expected to be 10-15 minutes. If adequate sedation or analgesia cannot be provided by OB/GYN at the bedside, the ED team is unable to perform procedural sedation, or sedation is expected to take >20 minutes, the procedure should be performed in the operating room with Anesthesia. All decisions regarding the location of the D&C should be patient-centered and involve direct communication between the attending physicians.
  • For elective abortions, have the patient call 1-877-CARE121 8am-5pm M-F and provide patient handout "Pregnancy Options" under Custom Patient education.

Patient Disposition

Discharge

ED Follow-Up Options

DC with meds in ED

  • Eye drops (vanco & tobra) and STI prophylaxis for home
  • HIV prophylaxis for sexual assault patients (raltegravir and Truvada)


Transportation Needs

Social EM resources

Admission

Admission Guidelines

Interqual Criteria Tips

Interqual Override Notes

Right level of care

Neuro Obs & RLA Transfers

OBS & CORE


Dialysis in the ED

Other Disposition

Transferring a patient

Documentation

Disaster & Surge

Resident Education

See Also

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