OHSU Emergency Department: Each year the ECC handles over 500,000 calls
for the department, including pages to house staff, consultants, requests
for special procedures, interpreters, family and many others. Most communications
into and out of the department goes through the ECC. In addition the ECC functions
as a single point of contact for after-hour and weekend calls to the OHSU Physician
Consult Service, a physician-to-physician referral and consultation service.
Requests for OCRT (Oregon Critical Response Team) activations are made through
the ECC as a public service to the EMS community.
OHSU Transport Center\PANDA\ATT: Both the Pediatric and Neonatal
Doernboecher Transport Team (PANDA), and the Adult Transport Team
(ATT) use the ECC for their point of contact. Referring physicians
called over 1,200 times last year to either request a specialty team
such as PANDA, or our ATT, or to speak with a physician and arrange
transfer of a patient to OHSU. Emergency Medicine Physicians respond
to referring hospitals either by Rotor Wing or Fixed Wing to care for
the patient during transport to OHSU. The ECC staff maintains flight
following throughout the course of the transport.
Trauma Communications Center: OHSU ECC was designated by the State
as ATAB1 Trauma Communication Center (TCC). Every year about 3,200 trauma
system entries are made through this center. Whether the destination is
OHSU or Emanuel Hospital, the TCC insures that accurate and timely
reports regarding patient injury and condition are made to the
receiving facility. Communications regarding multiple-patient
scenes are frequently coordinated through our center. The data
collected in the process of emergency communications is subsequently
used for studies and for system analysis, including GIS
(Geographic Information Systems) analysis.
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