• Call 224-299-9700 and tell them you would like to setup a transfer to ABMC.

  • The might ask for the pt info and talk to the doctor. 

1. For scanning during downtime, make copies of each paper, scanning will be completed when back online

2. There is a downtime folder in the Paper Room Shared Drive

3. Other downtime forms are located in the cabinets across from the "A" side Crash Carts. 

1. Call 847-618-4430 and page the on-call ENT for NCH. The ED Doc will talk to the ENT to determine if the patient can be transferred.

2. Once the ENT and ED Doc give the OK for the transfer, Call 847-618-7990 to setup the transfer. 

• Their Fax number is 847-618-7998

Follow the Fall Alert Process HERE

Main Hospital

- Rooms 1-18 are "North"

- Rooms 30-47 are "South"

Women's & Childrens Hospital

- All Rooms are "East"

• If Lightning Bolt asks you to login, first try closing the page and try to re-open it. That should fix the error.

  • If that doesn't work, copy and paste the login details below exactly as they are written:

Username:   Ascension-ILARL

Password:    ^JN1cL@4b6J!fjsU

Click here

Monday–Friday

OB Epidurals / C sections / OB Alerts (7am-7am) ➜ Vocera “OB Anesthesia”

Emergency Anesthesia Assistance / Scheduling

7am – 5pm ➜ Vocera “Anesthesia Supervisor”

5pm – 7am ➜ Vocera “OB Anesthesia”

Saturday, Sunday & Holidays (7am-7am) ➜ Vocera “OB Anesthesia”

• Type in Dr. Aggarwal and send the page to whoever is on-call for him

  • It will usually be a PA or NP

1. ASK NURSING SUPERVISOR TO CALL THEM FOR YOU.

NOTE* THIS IS ONLY FOR NON-EMGERGENT & NON-STEMI CALLS FOR CATH LAB. FOR STEMI, PAGE THEM USING STEMI BINDER!!

From 6AM – 8PM (Day Shift)

Primary Method: PerfectServe → Use Group “Spiritual Care Chaplain – SAMC”

Secondary Method: Vocera → Say “Call Chaplain”

From 8PM – 6AM (Night Shift)

Only Contact through PerfectServe → Use Group “Spiritual Care Chaplain – SAMC”

• • If Doc asks for ICU or ICU Intensivist then you just call up to ICU and ask them who the Intensivist is. 

OR

• Call the ICU Intensivist's cell phone at 224-213-3478.

• From 7a-3p (days) call extension x6533

• From 3p-7a (evenings and overnight) call Operator at extension "0"

NOTE* IF NOBODY AT ALL IS ANSWERING, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO PAGE/CALL DR. SULA

1. Look in in the Imaging on call schedule

   • The binder should be in the secretary drawer where the other alert binders are. (It is the black binder)

2. MRI

   • DO NOT CALL MRI UNTIL THE MRI SCREENING FORM IS SIGNED AND FAXED

   • Know what type of MRI they need

     1. Also know if anything was marked YES on screening form

3. NUCLEAR MED

   • Know their weight

   • Know what type of scan

• • If Doc asks for Pulmonary or Pulmonology, most nights we don't have coverage.

  • Ask Doc is they are okay with us paging Dr. Bikash Bhattarai

    1. If they are okay with it, call Dr. Bhattarai's cell phone as he is not going to respond to pages because he isn't officially on call.

       1. Here is his Cell: 917-318-6422

• Call the Operator and ask them to page them for you.

• Triage Printer - SAEDM1P31

• Triage Copier - SAEDM1P30

• Triage Registration Patient Label/Wristband Printer - SAEDM1P25

• Triage Specimen Label Printer - 

• AC1 Charge Printer - SAEDM1P11

• AC1 Patient Label/Wristband Printer - SAEDM1B03

• AC1 Big Copier (By Room 6) - SAEDM1P12

• AC1 Specimen Label Printer (By Room 8) - SAEDM1L11

• AC1 Specimen Label Printer (By Room 11) - SAEDM1L12

• AC2 Registration Patient Label/Wristband Printer - SAREG1P23

• AC2 Big Copier - SAEDM1P16

• AC2 Specimen Label Printer (By Room 16) - SAEDM1L16

• AC3 Big Copier - 

• AC4 Little Printer - SAEDM1P24

• AC4 Patient Label/Wristband Printer - SAEDM1B02

• AC4 Specimen Label Printer - SARDM1L18

• AC5 Big Copier - SAMCEDMPR001

• AC5 Little Printer - 

• AC5 Specimen Label Printer - SAEDM1L17

1. Open chart and write down patient's FIN number.

2. Report request (AT THE TOP, WHERE THE SPECIMEN COLLECTION BUTTON IS)

3. Enter FIN

4. Click the latest visit (at the top of the list)

5. Under Event Status, select All Results instead of Verified Only

6. Towards the bottom of the screen, select AHS Abstract in the drop down menu

7. On the right side of the screen, select "Further Medical Care" in the "Purpose" dropdown. 

8. In the "Send to" section in the bottom right of the screen, enter the printer name. (Behind "A" side Doc Printer name is SAEDM1P11)

9. Click "Send Report" 

10. That's it!

• If paging a doc and they aren’t responding even after 3 pages.

  • Call their cell phone first, check the Rolodex

  • Tell Charge, you will most likely contact Nursing Supervisor. 

• • If any doc is admitting under themselves (PCPs), pt goes to SCP

  • If any specialty docs aren’t responding, call nursing supervisor, let charge know, let the ER doc know.

If an out of network transfer is required, the Ascension Transfer Center can coordinate with receiving facilities to establish acceptance and placement. 

To request a transfer to a Non-Ascension Facility, please call the Transfer Center at 224-299-9700. 

1. Call (510) 683-9500

2. “Hi, I’m calling from SAMC ED. I was looking to get an update on when a [CT] was going to be read for a patient.”

3. “The patient's last name is…, the patient’s first name is…”

4. They will give you an estimated completion time or they will tell you that the Radiologist is going to read it now. 

5. That’s it. Hang up.

1. Call (510) 683-9500

2. “Hi, I’m calling from SAMC ED. I need a STAT read on patient”

3. “The patient's last name is…, the patient’s first name is…”

4. They will tell you that the radiologist is going to read it right away. 

5. That’s it. Hang up.