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Emergency Department

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The Emergency Department (ED) at Addenbrooke's operates 24-hours a day, 365 days a year.

All emergency patients should present to the `ED reception.

The Emergency Department ambulance
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In May 2006 the Emergency Department became the front door for the Addenbrooke's Emergency Assessment Unit (EAU).

The EAU is designed to provide one access point for all emergency patients and incorporates the Medical Assessment Unit (MAU)

The EAU deals solely with emergency admissions of all types, both those patients who are referred by their GP or who self present, or are brought in by the East Anglian Ambulance Trust

Who does it serve?

The Emergency Department serves the local population of south Cambridgeshire as well as adjoining parts of Essex, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire.

Addenbrooke's is a large teaching hospital and has many specialist departments. Patients with severe injuries, in particular major head injuries and/or multiple trauma are increasingly transferred directly to Addenbrooke’s ED, by-passing local emergency departments.

The building of a purpose built day/night helicopter landing site adjacent to Addenbrooke’s will increase the ability for critically injured patients to be brought to the ED.

Working in the EAU