ON- CALL POLICY

 

 

*Duration 7am to 7am.

* 

*5010 beeper will triage all patients to either   A-Med/ PA service.

* 

*Short call starts at 7.00 am and ends at 3 pm. Expect up to 5 patients.

* 

*Long call will start taking patients from 3pm to 4am or after short call has capped. Expect up to 10 patients.

* 

*The long call team would admit no more than 3 patients between 2am to 4am.

* 

*5010 will make every effort to distribute patients evenly throughout the call period.

* 

*Patients coming after 4am will be admitted by PA Service and re-distributed to the AM short call team by the am 5010 beeper as appropriate.

* 

*Change to policy can be made only in consultation with the administrator on call.

* 

*On Saturday/ Sunday, short call ends at 11.00am.