ED charge nurse
ED charge nurse, ED flow coordinator, resource nurse
Prepares the department for each incoming patient: assigns a room, decides whether to call a team and keeps the board current.
Sees
- Every pre-arrival record for units bound to their department
- Latest vital signs, treatments and estimated arrival for each unit
- Highlighted records that meet the configured field-triage criteria
- Room assignments and activation decisions already recorded
Does
- Assigns a room or area to each incoming unit
- Records the decision to activate, not activate or upgrade a team response
- Adds a short preparation note for the receiving team
- Marks a unit as diverted or redirected
- Calls the crew using the contact details shown
Cannot
- Change the data the EMS crew sent
- Confirm a patient match on behalf of registration
- Change field-triage highlighting rules