In May 2006 the Emergency Assessment Unit (EAU) opened. This was the culmination of several years work to reorganise emergency access at Addenbrooke’s. The broad concept was to bring all emergency admissions through one front door where rapid access to investigations such as x-ray and blood tests would assist medical staff to see, treat, admit or discharge patients within the national 4 hour timescale. A new 5 storey building has been built next to the Emergency department which contains the Clinical Decision Unit (CDU), with 8 beds, a children’s observation unit with 5 beds, a surgical short stay ward with 26 beds and a short stay medical ward with 26 beds. There is office space for the START team, thrombosis treatment team and consulting rooms for paediatric and medical rapid referral clinics. Existing space within the Emergency Department was upgraded to include 9 additional trolley spaces and seating area. Each trolley area has dedicated monitoring equipment. |
The entry to the assessment room for the children is via a ‘follow a frog’ route on the floor.
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