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Emergency service

Glossary Item Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termGlossary Item
METEOR identifier:Help on this term745039
Registration status:Help on this term

Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Definition:Help on this term

An emergency service provides triage, assessment, care and/or treatment for patients suffering from medical condition/s and/or injury.

Emergency services provide care in facilities which do not meet all of the following criteria: 

  • purposely designated and equipped area with designated assessment, treatment and resuscitation areas
  • ability to provide resuscitation, stabilisation and initial management of all emergencies
  • availability of medical staff in the hospital 24 hours a day
  • designated emergency department nursing staff 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and a designated emergency department nursing unit manager.

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Supersedes Emergency service

        Health, Superseded 20/10/2021

See also Emergency department

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Metadata items which use this glossary item:Help on this term
Emergency service care aggregate NBEDS 2022–23

        Health, Superseded 20/12/2022

Emergency service care aggregate NBEDS 2023–24

        Health, Standard 20/12/2022

Emergency service care aggregate NBEDS 2024–25

        Health, Qualified 08/09/2023

Emergency service care NBEDS 2022–23

        Health, Superseded 07/02/2023

Emergency service care NBEDS 2023–24

        Health, Standard 07/02/2023

Emergency service care NBEDS 2024–25

        Health, Qualified 08/09/2023

Emergency service stay

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service stay—additional diagnosis

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service stay—additional diagnosis, code (ICD-10-AM 11th edn) ANN{.N[N]}

        Health, Superseded 20/12/2022

Emergency service stay—additional diagnosis, code (ICD-10-AM Twelfth edition) ANN{.N[N]}

        Health, Standard 20/12/2022

Emergency service stay—clinical care commencement date

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service stay—clinical care commencement date, DDMMYYYY

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service stay—clinical care commencement time

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service stay—clinical care commencement time, hhmm

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service stay—episode end date

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service stay—episode end date, DDMMYYYY

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service stay—episode end status

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service stay—episode end status, code N

        Health, Qualified 08/09/2023

Emergency service stay—episode end status, code N

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service stay—episode end time

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service stay—episode end time, hhmm

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service stay—physical departure date

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service stay—physical departure date, DDMMYYYY

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service stay—physical departure time

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service stay—physical departure time, hhmm

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service stay—presentation date

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service stay—presentation date, DDMMYYYY

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service stay—presentation time

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service stay—presentation time, hhmm

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service stay—principal diagnosis

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service stay—Principal Diagnosis (ICD-10-AM 11th edition) Short List code ANN{.N[N]}

        Health, Superseded 20/12/2022

Emergency service stay—principal diagnosis, emergency care (ICD-10-AM Twelfth Edition) principal diagnosis short list code ANN{.N[N]}

        Health, Standard 20/12/2022

Emergency service stay—service episode length

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service stay—service episode length, total minutes NNNNN

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service stay—transport mode

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service stay—transport mode (arrival), code N

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service stay—triage category

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service stay—triage category, code N

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service stay—triage date

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service stay—triage date, DDMMYYYY

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service stay—triage time

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service stay—triage time, hhmm

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service stay—type of visit to emergency service

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service stay—type of visit to emergency service, code N

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service stay—waiting time

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service stay—waiting time, total minutes NNNNN

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Emergency service visit type code N

        Health, Standard 20/10/2021

Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2022–23

        Health, Superseded 20/12/2022

Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2023–24

        Health, Standard 20/12/2022

Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2024–25

        Health, Qualified 08/09/2023

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