Overview

This course covers: Emergency Department View, Bed Management, Capture Patient Movements in ED, Floor Plan Notes, Encounter Record, Emergency Department Discharge, Break Glass.

Target Audience

Central Australia
Emergency/MRaCC medical officers

Barkly
All Medical Officers

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course users will be able to:

  • Review the ED Floorplan and Patients in Department Summary
  • Mark a bed as unavailable and record a reason
  • Mark a bed as available after being unavailable on a ward
  • Understand the features of the ED Floorplan
  • Move an emergency patient from the waiting room to a cubicle or emergency bed
  • Understand the features of the ED Floorplan
  • Swap an emergency patient from a cubicle or emergency bed
  • Record a temporary location for an emergency patient, thus helping emergency staff identify the exact location of the emergency patient
  • Remove a patient from a temporary location
  • View ED Enquiry Save Searches
  • Create a Preference and Save at End User level for future use
  • Create a bed request for an Inpatient to another Specialty or Ward from the Emergency Department
  • Add Floor Plan Notes
  • Assign Doctor to patient
  • Add/edit Allergies and Alerts
  • Record all actions/treatment, Progress and Diagnosis notes
  • Raise a Bed request and Orders
  • Discharge and create letters
  • Decline a Consult Request for an Inpatient Admission
  • Set up preferences according to user’s requirements
  • Set up preferences to view a list of all ED Outstanding/In progress ED Discharge Summaries
  • Find a patient and update the outstanding ED Discharge Summary
  • Find a patient and update the outstanding ED Discharge Summary with a status of In Progress after Discharge
  • Record the discharge details for an emergency patient who is going to their usual place of residence
  • Print the ED Discharge (NT) Summary
  • Discharge a patient
  • Gain Temporary Access to a Restricted Patient Record 

Recommended pre-learning

It is recommended you complete the following eLearning courses prior to attending this face-to-face session:

  • Acacia 1.0 Fundamentals v3

  • Acacia 1.0 Patient Master Index Training (PMI) v2

Session delivery mode

The training sessions are delivered face-to-face onsite or virtually via Microsoft Teams. 

Duration

2 hours.

Technical requirements

Sessions delivered virtually via Microsoft Teams, ensure that the Microsoft Teams application is installed on the asset you will be using. 

You must prepare for training by testing Microsoft Teams and your headset/audio/microphone

Completion requirements

To be marked as complete, you are required to attend the full training session. 

How to enrol

Please note that enrolling into this course will not secure a spot on an upcoming training session. To book in for a session, first enrol here then select an available session under the 'Book Here' tab.

Self-enrol

Use the 'Enrol me' button located at the bottom of this page. If you cannot see the 'Enrol me' button at the bottom of this page, please CLICK HERE and re-check for the 'Enrol me' button at the bottom of this page. Clicking on the 'Enrol me' button will enrol you in the course and take you to the course homepage. Then you will be able to sign-up to a training session.

NTG Staff – login with your NTG LAN details. These are the same details you use to log onto your work computer.

Non-NTG Staff – login with your MyLearning account details or apply for a MyLearning account using the Application form for non-departmental staff.

Course Enquiries

For any queries related to this course, please contact us using the details below:

Email: acacia.training@nt.gov.au