Ambulances were ramped outside SA hospitals for a record number of hours in March, according to the latest statistics, with the government blaming an increase in emergency department presentations.
abc.net.au/news/ambulance-ramping-hits-new-record-outside-sa-hospitals/102191364South Australian ambulances were ramped for a record number of hours in March, with the state government conceding it has resorted to "urgent" measures to reduce health system congestion.
"The government has now eclipsed its own record of ramping here in South Australia, reaching a staggering 4,000 hours where patients and paramedics have spent the equivalent of half a year outside of our hospitals on the ramp," she said. The government blamed the rise in ramping on a significant increase in demand — with emergency department presentations up by 14 per cent among the "most urgent" category 1 and 2 patients.
"Towards the end of next year is when we expect to see significant numbers of those beds open — well over 150 beds in ED spaces," he said.The government also unveiled a series of "rapid actions" including boosting reliance on transit wards to allow patient discharges earlier in the day, reviewing triage staffing, boosting the number of ambulance staff at emergency departments and appointing "ramping clinical leads".
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