HOSPITAL SERVICES REPORT : ACCESS TO EMERGENCY SERVICES - JUN97
Patients, classified according to need, who are treated within ideal times in each of our hospital emergency departments
Emergency department achievement of ACEM waiting times by triage category, by individual hospital: March 1997 Quarter1, 2, 3
Inner and Eastern Health Care Network
North Eastern Health Care Network
Women's and Children's Health Care Network
| Category 1 Patients | Category 2 Patients | Category 3 Patients | ||||
| Western Health Care Network | No. of Patients | Treated immediately | No. of Patients | Treated in 10 min. | No. of Patients | Treated in 30 min. |
| Royal Melbourne Hospital | 4 | 100% | 34 | 74% | 534 | 81% |
| Werribee Mercy Hospital | 86 | 100% | 891 | 78% | 3532 | 83% |
| Western Hospital | 96 | 100% | 614 | 88% | 2754 | 82% |
| Category 1 Patients | Category 2 Patients | Category 3 Patients | ||||
| Inner and Eastern Health Care Network | No. of Patients | Treated immediately | No. of Patients | Treated in 10 min. | No. of Patients | Treated in 30 min. |
| Alfred Healthcare Group | 214 | 100% | 882 | 67% | 2384 | 74% |
| Angliss Health Service | 11 | 100% | 116 | 100% | 1264 | 72% |
| Box Hill Hospital | 84 | 100% | 259 | 81% | 1876 | 71% |
| Maroondah Hospital | 38 | 100% | 279 | 87% | 1468 | 73% |
| St Vincent's Hospital | 53 | 100% | 183 | 77% | 1262 | 76% |
| Category 1 Patients | Category 2 Patients | Category 3 Patients | ||||
| North Eastern Health Care Network | No. of Patients | Treated immediately | No. of Patients | Treated in 10 min. | No. of Patients | Treated in 30 min. |
| Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre | 45 | 100% | 648 | 84% | 2391 | 70% |
| Mercy Hospital for Women | 0 | – | 6 | 100% | 12 | 92% |
| Preston and Northcote Community Hospital | 85 | 100% | 225 | 81% | 1748 | 76% |
| Category 1 Patients | Category 2 Patients | Category 3 Patients | ||||
| Southern Health Care Network | No. of Patients | Treated immediately | No. of Patients | Treated in 10 min. | No. of Patients | Treated in 30 min. |
| Dandenong Hospital | 125 | 100% | 851 | 73% | 3724 | 72% |
| Monash Medical Centre | 126 | 100% | 1433 | 77% | 4362 | 81% |
| Category 1 Patients | Category 2 Patients | Category 3 Patients | ||||
| Peninsula Health Care Network | No. of Patients | Treated immediately | No. of Patients | Treated in 10 min. | No. of Patients | Treated in 30 min. |
| Frankston Hospital | 61 | 100% | 214 | 80% | 2241 | 67% |
| Category 1 Patients | Category 2 Patients | Category 3 Patients | ||||
| Women's and Children's Health Care Network | No. of Patients | Treated immediately | No. of Patients | Treated in 10 min. | No. of Patients | Treated in 30 min. |
| Royal Children's Hospital | 34 | 100% | 310 | 72% | 1775 | 75% |
| Royal Women's Hospital | 0 | – | 0 | - | 27 | 81% |
| Category 1 Patients | Category 2 Patients | Category 3 Patients | ||||
| Non Metropolitan Hospitals | No. of Patients | Treated immediately | No. of Patients | Treated in 10 min. | No. of Patients | Treated in 30 min. |
| Ballarat Base Hospital | 29 | 100% | 119 | 81% | 1508 | 78% |
| Bendigo Health Care Group | 19 | 100% | 120 | 86% | 1126 | 72% |
| The Geelong Hospital | 65 | 100% | 215 | 97% | 1852 | 83% |
| Goulburn Valley Base Hospital 4 | 24 | 100% | 208 | 86% | 1199 | 88% |
| Latrobe Regional Hospital | 43 | 100% | 448 | 71% | 1020 | 79% |
| Category 1 Patients | Category 2 Patients | Category 3 Patients | ||||
| All ESEP Hospitals | No. of Patients | Treated immediately | No. of Patients | Treated in 10 min. | No. of Patients | Treated in 30 min. |
| 1242 | 100% | 8055 | 78% | 38059 | 77% | |
1 Waiting times are calculated as the time between presentation at the emergency department and commencement of treatment. The following Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) patient categories and recommended treatment times are used:
Category 1: Resuscitation case requiring immediate treatment, for example, major trauma, cardiac arrest, unconsciousness, shock.
Category 2: Emergency case requiring treatment within 10 minutes, for example, severe trauma, chest pain, severe pain, severe breathing difficulty.
Category 3: Urgent case requiring treatment within 30 minutes, for example, moderate trauma, infection, breathing difficulty.
2 Variation in waiting times may reflect delays in clerical data entry rather than delays in clinical response.
3 Data only for hospitals participating in the Emergency Services Enhancement Program.
4 Goulburn Valley Base Hospital includes Waranga Memorial Hospital from 1 March 1996.
Source: Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset