Emergency (Soon: in english)

Codi servei:

Recerca:

The Emergency Service is currently participating in a trial on therapy for patients with acute cardiac insufficiency. The chief researcher is Anna Carreres, head of the Service.

Presentation:

The Germans Trias Emergency Service attends adult and paediatric patients from Barcelonès Nord and Maresme, the geographic area in which the hospital is a reference. It attends patients of a wider area in cases of highly complex pathologies.

It is open 24 hours a day, every day of the year. In the section How does the Emergency Service operate? you will find practical information and an explanatory video.

 

The main goal of the service is to provide the best care possible to patients that require emergency assistance. To achieve this goal, activity is based on:

  • Prioritization of attention depending on the seriousness of the patient and not in order of arrival
  • The diagnostic assessment and guidance of the patient and the therapeutic approach to follow in accordance with hospital protocols.
  • Information to the patient and family members regarding the treatment process
  • A climate of confidence in the relation between professionals and patients

 

The service differentiates five levels of seriousness:

  • Less serious patients who are able to wait without risk to their health, are classified as level IV or V. They are attended to in an area consisting of four consulting rooms and one nursing room. Practically all of these patients are discharged after their clinical treatment. In the majority of cases, a person classified as level IV or V can be attended to in a primary healthcare centre. To find out your nearest centre, please call 061 CatSalut Respon.
  • Patients requiring urgent, but not immediate attention, are classified as level III, and are attended to in cubicles.
  • Patients of levels I and II require immediate attention. For example, a cardiorespiratory arrest or multiple serious injuries. The Emergency service has an area for critical and semi-critical patients to provide optimum attention.

Tipus Servei: 7

Correu: urgencies.germanstrias@gencat.cat

Docència:

Postgraduate teaching

The service organizes Emergency Courses for resident doctors, and also seminars for professionals wishing to consolidate the basic concepts on the most prevalent pathologies of the medical area (ischemic cardiopathy, COPD exacerbation, cardiac insufficiency, arrhythmias, cephaleas), along with basic complementary examinations (interpretation of thorax radiology, electrocardiograms, etc.)

 

Continuous training

  • The organizes Refresher Courses for emergency care in the hospital environment, given by 42 specialists of various services of Germans Trias.
  • It also periodically publishes the Emergency Manual, which includes homogeneous guidelines for care in the Emergency environment.
  • The service coordinates weekly sessions in which all professionals of the medical and surgical department participate.