Advocacy for Vulnerable Patients
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HA 3.1.1
Principles of health screening, including the risk factors for common illnesses and injuries, addiction, abuse, neglect and violence.
HA 3.1.2
Recognise patients who are vulnerable due to factors such as age, impairment and/or disability, poor health literacy, exposure to adverse social determinants of health.
HA 3.1.3
Recognise vulnerable patients and the factors that lead patients to use the ED as their primary method of accessing health care.
HA 3.1.4
Recognise the need for more complex management plans for vulnerable patients, and the support required to develop these.
HA 3.2.1
Routinely screen for recognised risk factors, including addiction, abuse, neglect and violence, in patients presenting with common illnesses and injuries.
HA 3.2.2
Initiate emergency care, advice and referral for patients in whom screening identifies risk factors.
HA 3.2.3
Identify and utilise resources that are locally available for vulnerable patients in the ED.
HA 3.2.4
The social, historical, ethical and political contexts relevant to the delivery of health services for clients with substance use disorders
HA 3.3.1
Tailor emergency care and disposition decisions to account for the presence of vulnerability factors in patients of any age.
HA 3.3.2
Integrate emergency care with the involvement of appropriate support services to provide holistic care to a vulnerable patient.
HA 3.3.3
HA 3.4.1
Advocate for the provision of appropriate resources for vulnerable patients within the ED, hospital and community.