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Emergency department

Glossary Item Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termGlossary Item
METEOR identifier:Help on this term745042
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An emergency department provides triage, assessment, care and/or treatment for patients suffering from medical condition/s and/or injury.

Emergency departments provide care in facilities which meet all of the following criteria: 

  • purposely designed 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

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Supersedes Emergency department
See also Emergency service
Metadata items which use this glossary item:Help on this term
Ambulatory care
Emergency department stay—additional diagnosis
Emergency department stay—additional diagnosis, code (ICD-10-AM 11th edn) ANN{.N[N]}
Emergency department stay—additional diagnosis, code (ICD-10-AM Twelfth edition) ANN{.N[N]}
Emergency department stay—physical departure date
Emergency department stay—physical departure date, DDMMYYYY
Emergency department stay—physical departure date, DDMMYYYY
Emergency department stay—physical departure time
Emergency department stay—physical departure time, hhmm
Emergency department stay—physical departure time, hhmm
Emergency department stay—presentation date
Emergency department stay—presentation date, DDMMYYYY
Emergency department stay—presentation time
Emergency department stay—presentation time, hhmm
Emergency department stay—principal diagnosis
Emergency department stay—principal diagnosis, emergency care (ICD-10-AM Twelfth Edition) principal diagnosis short list code ANN{.N[N]}
Emergency department stay—principal diagnosis, Emergency Department (ICD-10-AM 11th Edition) Principal Diagnosis Short List code ANN{.N[N]}
Emergency department stay—transport mode
Emergency department stay—transport mode (arrival), code N
Emergency department stay—type of visit to emergency department
Emergency department stay—type of visit to emergency department, code N
Emergency department stay—waiting time
Emergency department stay—waiting time, total minutes NNNNN
Emergency department visit type code N
Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2022–23
Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2023–24
Non-admitted patient emergency department care NMDS 2024–25
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—clinical care commencement date
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—clinical care commencement date, DDMMYYYY
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—clinical care commencement time
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—clinical care commencement time, hhmm
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—episode end date
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—episode end date, DDMMYYYY
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—episode end status
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—episode end status, code N
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—episode end time
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—episode end time, hhmm
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—service episode length
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—service episode length, total minutes NNNNN
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage category
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage category, code N
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage date
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage date, DDMMYYYY
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage time
Non-admitted patient emergency department service episode—triage time, hhmm
Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2022–23
Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2023–24
Non-admitted patient NBEDS 2024–25