EDs in the ‘worst crisis for 30 years’, warns leading doctor
According to Dr Simon Judkins, many departments are now spending a part of each day operating in Code Yellow - a perpetual state of internal crisis
EDs across Australia are trapped in a “perpetual state of crisis escalation”, with better support for GPs part of the solution, claims a leading emergency physician.
Dr Simon Judkins, the immediate past president of the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine, says the sector is in the worst state he has seen for 30 years.
The acute parts of the healthcare system – EDs, ambulance services and ICUs – are spending part of most days in Code Yellow, which is a perpetual state of internal crisis escalation, he wrote in MJA Insight on Monday.
“Ambulance arrivals are up, and ramping is at record numbers, hitting the headlines across the country.
