Who to Call When Admitting an Adult Patient with a Traumatic Hip Fracture
Last updated August 3, 2018
CHRIST
ED Care (Routine ED Care as per ED team discretion, PLUS)
1. Initiate ED Traumatic Hip Fracture Care Powerplan (include required labs, Xrays, consult/admit orders)
2. Admission (for ALL patients)
a. ADMIT patient to MAR or FP resident service (based on attached PCP; if unattached, admit to MAR)
b. If MAR is capped, admit to AMG hospitalist
3. Consults/Communications
a. Notify Ortho resident & Place consult order (consult on-call attending unless pt/family request alternate)
b. For attached patients, send perfect serve notification to PCP (or covering provider) & place consult
c. Ortho resident will contact Clinical Director of Anesthesia at 41-7775 for possible fascia iliac catheter + block
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