Is the UCSD ED unselected, or are some patients triaged out?
The vast majority of all ED visits are unselected. The following patients are triaged: • Ambulatory pediatric conditions are referred, during the daytime hours, to the Primary Care Clinic. • Third trimester obstetric conditions are referred to the Labor and Delivery area. EM residents rotate through this service. • Major burn victims are triaged by emergency physicians to the Burn Unit. • “Major trauma victims,” as identified by the UCSD Base Hospital (Emergency Department) physician, are triaged to either the Trauma Unit or Operating Room. EM residents are active members of the trauma resuscitation team, including two months as the resuscitation team captain.
