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About the Department
The department consists of four areas:
Minor Injuries Unit (MIU)
A separate unit for treatment of minor injuries, run by senior nurses who specialise in minor injuries (4 trolleys)
Major's Area
For emergency admissions, but not immediately life threatening illnesses or injuries (13 trolleys)
Resuscitation Area
For patients arriving by ambulance, with life threatening illness or injury (3 bays)
Observation Unit
Where patients remain under the emergency doctors for 24 hours of observation (8 beds and 3 trolleys)
The unit also has a Procedures Room and two Relatives Rooms.
The department covers a population of 500,000 over three counties - Avon, Somerset and Wiltshire and sees around 55,000 new patients each year.
Meals and Drinks
Hot meals and drinks are provided in the Observation Unit as follows:
- Breakfast 7.00am
- Lunch 12.00noon
- Supper 5.00pm
Hot meals, sandwiches and drinks are available in the major's area upon request - please do not hesitate to ask.
Personal Belongings
A patient's stay in the emergency department will be brief. Belongings should be given to the patient's named nurse and valuables should be sent home with family.
Belongings can be stored in a locked cupboard and retrieved on discharge or on transfer to another ward.
Contact the Department
General Enquiries:
01225 824391
01225 824007
The Care Team
The team of staff patients will meet in the emergency department include doctors and nurses based in the department to treat emergencies, as well as doctors from specialties such as medicine, surgery and orthopaedics to whom they may have been referred by their GP. Patients will be allocated a named nurse to care for them.