Occupational therapist, with nerdy levels of interest in emergency department practice and frail older populations. Also a big fan of ice cream and libraries.
Amazing results: average LOS 3.5 days in hours when seen by an OT in ED vs. av LOS 5.25 days when patient admitted OOH and therapy not available
Staggeringly for MOP/med patients av. LOS 3.8 days with OT in ED vs. 11.3 days that didn’t see OT until later in pathway @UHSFT 🙌🏻
The impact of patients seen by an Occupational Therapist in ED is that patients' time in hospital is reduced by over a week (7.5 days) for medicine for older people/medicine 👏👏👏
It's no longer a question of whether but why not an OT in EDs?
HT @theRCOT@UHSFT#Last1000days
I'm a huge fan of #AHPs and found this great site about the use of Occupational Therapists in emergency departments. Good poster too on reducing admissions and preventing unsafe discharges.
HT @SuzanneRastrick@RuthCr @JennymKeane
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