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The Department of Emergency Medicine 1st Floor
Physicians Office Building
170 Manning Dr.
CB# 7594
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7594


Emergency Room
Clinic Phone

(919) 966-4721

Administration Phone
(919) 966-6442

Fax
(919) 966-3049

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ED Policies

Links to ED Policies

Operational

  • Mental Health Evalutation in the ED
  • Emergency Department Standing Orders
  • Security Policy: ED
  • Reporting of Animal Bites
  • Visitation Policy
  • Disaster Patient Quick Registration
  • ED TSystemEV & Siemens A2K Downtime Procedures
  • Policy for Certification of Deaths
  • Medical Screening Examination for Sexual Assailants

Nursing

  • Sexual Assault Evauation
  • ER Nurses' Role in Pelvic and Sexual Assault Examinations
  • Triage in the ED: ESI
  • Treatment of Abuse Victims
  • Evaluation of OB Patients in the ED

Provider

  • Requests for Diagnostic Studies without Medical Indication
  • All Patients in the ED are the Clinical or Administrative Responsibility
  • ED Medical Director On-Call
  • Internal Medicine Absence Policy
  • Pre-Hospital Requests for ALC Orders
  • Fetal Monitoring for Trauma in Preganancy

Procedures

  • Cleaning and Disinfection of Eye Equipment and Room
  • Equipment and Drug Maintenance
  • Eye/ENT Room Maintenance
  • Routine Maintenance and Cleaning of Stretchers
  • Ultrasound Use
  • The Death Chart: Steps to Proper Completion
  • Domestic Violence/Elder Abuse Protocol Patient Flow Chart
  • Schedule making - NP's in the ED
  • Sick Calls by Np's in ED
  • Culture Follow-Up

Clinical Documents

  • ED Database Access Request Form
  • Addendum for Department of EM IRB Request
  • Power Injector CT and IV Access
  • Team C Triage and Treatmemt Guidlines
  • Admission Criteria to the UNC Cardiomyopathy/Transplant Service
  • Adult DKA Treatment Protocol
  • Referral of Diabetic (Adult) Patients to Highgate Specialty Diabetes Clinic
  • Guidelines for Management of Massive Pulmonary Embolism
  • Management of Patients with Invasive Disease Due to Neisseria Meningitides

Links

  • Activation of Trauma System
  • ED Access and Diversion of Transfers from Other Hospitals
  • Requests for Blood Alcohol Levels
  • Clinical Students/Observers in the ED
  • Needlestick Policy
  • AMA: Patients Leaving Hopsital Against Medical Advice
  • Moderate Sedation
  • Patient Valuables
  • Photographs and Motion Pictures
  • Restraint and Seclusion Policy
  • Evidence
  • Metal Screening Policy
  • Search and Personal Inventory Policy
  • UNC EM HIPPA Compliancy Organization, Roles and Responsibilities
  • Consent for Treatment in Adults
  • SMS Processing for Direct Admissions - ED Outpatient Registration

 

 

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