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BadEnoughDude said:Anways, the Paramedics would have their overflow patient in the "Code 7 Rooms" and wait around not allowed to take calls until their patient got a bed (this pissed them off royally), which caused an uproar amongst both Emerge medical staff and the Paramedics.
Based on experience and observation in a "Hi-performance" system, I believe it was T-EMS management who were the most royally pissed off because their crews had to "wait around not allowed to take calls". OLD costs significant loss in paramedic productivity, and millions of dollars in end-of-shift overtime. They also have to pay the crews a penalty for missed / delayed meal breaks.
T-EMS Offload Nurse Program:
http://www.toronto.ca/civic-engagement/council-briefing/pdf/1-3-38.pdf
"The ED Director for a Toronto hospital recently said “The hospitals have tried a lot of things to reduce ambulance wait times. The only thing that has had any effect is the Offload Nurse Program.” "