1. Chest Pain Assessment Service Caboolture Hospital
Once upon a time in a land not very far away…

2. There was a stress testing service at Caboolture

3. It wasn’t very good because hardly any patients were receiving their EST within 7 days of discharge from the ED
No of patients
Number of days from ED presentation to stress test

4. This made the CPAS nurse (among others) very sad

5. So her Fairy Godmother waved her magic wand…

6. And Shazam! A full time dedicated CPAS nurse came on board
More EST appointments were made available
Patients received an appointment for their stress test prior to leaving the ED
And faster chart retrieval processes were instigated

7. What do think happened boys and girls?

8. This is what happened No of patients
Number of days from ED presentation to stress test

9. Can you spot the difference?
Number of days from ED presentation to stress test

10. And just when we thought
It couldn’t get any better

11. This had a magical effect on hospital avoidance
Declined
EST
Failed to Attend 1st apt
Failed to Attend 2nd apt
Pre- Trial
17%
13%
42%
Trial 6% 0%

12. And we all lived happily ever after

13. 0.6 FTE and a few simple changes
Moral of the story
A princely service
A toad of a service
0.6 FTE and a few simple changes