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Georgia Hospital Resource Website
The GAEMS.NET Hospital Resource website is a tool which can be utilized to improve patient flow congestion related to Diversion and Bed Status
issues. Hospital Diversion information is posted to this website by the participating hospitals as to their individual diversion
/ bed status and the accuracy of this information is the responsibility of the participating hospital or service.
These categories and general descriptions are guidelines and not Policy. EMS personnel should
always consult with Medical Control to assure appropriate destination and patient care.
Diversion Category Descriptions & Definitions
Normal:
The selection of Normal will remove the diversion
from the status board. This is used as a manual
removal if the diversion status ends prior to the
posted expiration time.
ER Saturation:
This category is used when a Hospital Emergency
Room's resources have been overwhelmed
Med/Surg Saturation
:
This category is used when there are no available
medical / surgical beds
ICU/CCU Saturation:
This category is used when a Hospital's ICU/CCU
resources have been overwhelmed and are no
longer available. These resources may include
but not limited to beds, equipment, and staffing.
Neuro Surgery:
This category should only be used by facilities
that normally provide Neuro Services. This means
that Neuro Surgery coverage is not available or
the Neuro Surgery resources are committed with
other patients and not available.
Trauma Saturation:
This category is used when a Hospital's Trauma
resources have been overwhelmed and are no
longer available for significant trauma
management.
CT Services:
This category identifies that the CT equipment is
not available.
Psychiatric Saturation:
This category is used when a facilities psychiatric
resources are completely committed or not
available.
NO AVAILABLE BEDS:
This category is used when there are no available
beds in a facility for admission. The ER is still
able to accept Patients.
TOTAL DIVERSION
This category means that all resources have been
overwhelmed and the facility is currently unable
to accept new patients including the ER.
* On Flight:
The helicopter is committed on another flight and
is not available to respond.
* Maintenance:
The helicopter is not available due to scheduled
maintenance.
* Weather:
The helicopter cannot lift-off due to inclimate
weather at the helicopter location.
BED STATUS SECTION
The Bed Status section allows facilities to post their available bed
resources online. This will be of great importance in times of Emergency / Disaster.
The Bed Status information should not be used to indicate Hospital Diversion situations. The Diversion section will continue to serve that function.
Hospitals are listed by Health Districts / Regions ( 1-10 ).
This list includes each hospital that is currently in the system. These hospital have the ability to post Diversions, Bed Status, con and broadcast with the Alert System.
Hospitals post their Bed Status
from their Administration section which is the same location where their Diversions are are posted.
There are 4 general categories for Beds. These are:
Medical Surgical Critical Care Monitored
When the Bed Status record is posted, the date, and time when the update occurred is listed in the “Last Update”
column and that record will be listed as OK under the Status column for 24 hours. If the record is not updated after 24 hours, it will then display “Update Required” in the Status column.
Facility Bed
Status is a dynamic process and is ever changing. It would be impossible for a busy facility to maintain up to the minute bed status information. The bed status numbers are a reflection of available beds at
the time the record was posted.
ALERT SYSTEM SECTION
The ALERT SYSTEM is a mean to provide specific information from a hospital or agency. The
facility or agency can type a text message that is automatically posted to the Alert Section. This text message will remain on the Alert Section for 24 hours or until the facility or agency manually removes the
Alert Message. The Alert System should not be used to post your diversion status as it does record the information and will not make the information available in the facility diversion reporting system.
It should only be used to provide important text information that the diversion listing is not able to provide. If specific diversion information needs to be posted in the Alert System, it should first be posted to the Diversion Section.
Email Notification Section
Hospitals now have the ability to add email addresses to the system that will automatically notify the recipient when
a diversion is posted for that facility. This email will also receive all ALERT SYSTEM postings regardless of the hospital or agency.
Participating Agencies can also add emails to this system to receive ALL ALERT
SYSTEM postings.
Healthcare Facility Emergency Contact & Cooperative Planning Form
If you click on a hospital name under the bed status
section, you will then see this form. To fill the form in, you must login to the admin section for your facility. Under the bed status section, click on the hospital name and you can then fill in the form.
This will be important information in the case of a disaster. The facility must update there own form when there are changes.
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