Ontario's 2023 budget includes $51 million for offload nurses to accept patients in the Emergency Department and free up paramedics affected by offload delays
The provincial government has put in place funding for an offload nurse at hospitals across the province in hopes of reducing paramedic offload delays, but a nursing shortage at Sault Area Hospital is proving to be bump in the road for the plan.
The problem, said Kirkham, is Sault Area Hospital does not always have the staffing resources to actually have an ED offload nurse in place. “We continue to experience staffing challenges in the Emergency Department, and we remain diligent in our recruitment efforts,” said Sharp Young. ”Currently, the ED offload nurse position is staffed when we have appropriate nursing resources in the Emergency Department.
Last month, the maximum number of hours a paramedic crew spent on a single offload delay was seven hours, 12 minutes.
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