Weekend Coverage 8/5-6

Important Announcements

  1. Qmed downtime 8/4 - 5
    ​Please ​note that there will be a Qmed upgrade overnight from 8/4 @ 11:45 PM to 8/5 @ 07:45 AM (hopefully will be done by 06:15 AM) . During the Qmed downtime house staff will be UNABLE to review charts or place orders in Qmed.

For chart/lab review:

Please use the Qmed downtime system (review these instructions)

For ordering labs/medications:

Unfortunately, all orders will need to be WRITTEN (order sheets are available at nursing stations on all the units, if in doubt, ask a nurse!).

HOWEVER, for EMERGENT medication administration, nurses are able to take verbal orders, administer meds, and will ask you to place the order electronically later on when you are able.

Reminders

Residents:

  • Please contact interns from your sister team when their resident is off to ensure they are clear on patient care issues, sign out, and overall well-being (give good advice from your own experiences!)
  •  Supervise Intern Sign-Outs
  • Specifically Identify “Sick” patients and sign them out to the covering/Call and night residents. Also notify SMR regarding the “Sick” patients and those who may require transfer to ICU/CCU
  • Sign out both verbally and electronically (HIPAA secure - ie Outlook or Quadra-med e-mail) to the resident covering your team on the day you are off.

Interns:

  • Remember, you always have a resident on weekends, typically if your own team resident is off, you can reach out to ANY residents on call.
  • Meet with your Resident or covering Resident to review your sign out prior to contacting on- call intern/ night intern for sign- out.
  • Additionally, Medicine consult, SMR are also available to help you with any questions and concerns.

Reminder of sister teams:

1) Orange/Blue   2) White/Purple   3) Green/Yellow  4) HIV/Neuro