ED weekly activity

The tables in the links below show the current weekly activity of emergency department services.

» ED attendances
ED attendances are the number of patients recorded as arriving at a public emergency department.

» ED admissions
ED admissions are the number of patients who are subsequently admitted to the hospital for care and/or treatment.

» Ambulance attendances
Ambulance attendances are the number of patients who arrived at a public hospital emergency department by ambulance.

» Ambulance diversion
Ambulance diversion is the number of hours that ambulances are diverted from a metropolitan hospital emergency department to another metropolitan hospital emergency department.

» ED triage attendances and waiting time
ED triage attendances are the number of patients recorded as arriving at a public emergency department service. They are allocated an urgency category for treatment after having a brief interview on arrival. Waiting time is the median time (in minutes) patients wait for treatment in their urgency category.

» Ambulance ramping
Ramping is the time (in hours) ambulances are parked outside a hospital when it is unable to accept or treat ambulance patients.