Q&A
Wait times and patient prioritization in Manhattan emergency departments
0:40:25
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Council Member Mercedes Narcisse inquires about wait times for emergency department visits in Manhattan hospitals. Dr. Laura Iavicoli explains the general approach to patient prioritization and capacity scaling in emergency departments.
- Patients are seen based on acuity: emergent, urgent, and non-urgent
- Emergency departments are accustomed to scaling up based on season, volume, and time of day
- The specific wait times for Manhattan hospitals are not provided, but the focus is on readiness to handle varying patient loads
Mercedes Narcisse
0:40:25
This is a tough one for me.
0:40:27
We're learning.
0:40:28
Alright.
0:40:33
How long are the wait times for most visitors of an ED in Manhattan Hospitals?
0:40:42
I was just trying to understand something here.
Dr. Michelle Morse
0:40:46
I can start, and then I'll pass it to Doctor Yavacoli.
Mercedes Narcisse
0:40:49
Because I'm still because there's no impact.
0:40:52
I mean, we don't have to know about when the state is closing.
0:40:55
We don't have to know, but then again, there is a coalition directly So I'm lost on that one.
0:41:02
That's what I'm okay.
0:41:03
Let me move on because I'm stuck.
0:41:05
You have something you can contribute to me, doctor?
Dr. Michelle Morse
0:41:08
Did you go go for?
0:41:09
Mhmm.
UNKNOWN
0:41:09
Don't worry.
Laura Iavicoli
0:41:11
So, I mean, what I can say generally about wait times in emergency departments is that in as an just as an emergency medicine physician.
0:41:20
Mhmm.
0:41:20
We see patients emergent, urgent, and nonurgent.
0:41:25
So we will see patients based on their acuity no matter what the volumes are, and we're used to scaling up.
0:41:33
We are used to scaling up based on season, based on volume, based on time of day, This is what we do.
0:41:41
We've done it before.
0:41:43
We can scale up for, you know, any event.
0:41:46
So we we will be ready no matter what.
0:41:49
Mhmm.
