MHC 6301 Week 3 Assignment 3 Emergency Departments

MHC 6301 Week 3 Assignment 3 Emergency Departments

An emergency department (ED) is part of a hospital that provides 24-hour emergency care to patients who need urgent medical attention. Most public hospitals in Australia have an emergency department.

Only people with severe injury or illness should go to the ED.

To find your closest emergency department, visit healthdirect’s online service finder.

In an emergency situation, call triple zero (000) and ask for an ambulance.

If you live very far from a hospital ED, you can call the Royal Flying Doctor Service on 1300 My RFDS (1300 69 7337), 24 hours a day.

If you’re not sure what to do, call healthdirect on 1800 022 222 for advice, 24 hours a day (known as NURSE-ON-CALL in Victoria).

What is an emergency department?
EDs have highly trained doctors and other health professionals on site to deal with emergencies. They assess, treat, stabilise and start the health management of people who have come to the ED with a serious illness or injury.

Some emergency departments specialise. For example, there are emergency department attached to children’s hospitals, some women’s hospitals and some eye or ear hospitals. Most EDs, however, accept all emergencies.

When and why should you visit an ED?
You should go to a hospital ED if you or your child are seriously ill or injured.

People often take babies or children to public hospital EDs if they become ill suddenly. Many older people go there for urgent attention too.

Most people go to EDs with conditions that include:

injuries from accidents, physical assaults or falls
heart attack and stroke
severe pain
problems with breathing or bleeding
broken bones
loss of consciousness
worsening of a serious illness
drug overdoses or poisoning
allergic reactions
pregnancy complications
mental illness
burns
A GP can often deal with minor emergencies such as sprains and strains, bites, stings, viruses, infections, eye injuries and ongoing illness or injury.

A pharmacy can help with colds and flu, skin conditions, allergies, headaches, diarrhoea or constipation, or sleeping problems.

In regional and rural areas of Australia, emergency care may be provided by different medical staff, such as GPs or rural doctors, nurses, health workers and paramedics.

Discussion Questions (DQ)
• Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
• Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
• One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
• I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation
• Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
• In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.

MHC 6301 Week 3 Assignment 3 Emergency Departments

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• Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
• I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
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• As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
• It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.

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