Preplanning can ease psychiatric transfers.
ED managers should know what potential accepting facilities are available in the community for psychiatric patients and what their transfer policies are. Find out the local facilities to which you may be transferring patients and the resources they have available. "Way stations," small psychiatric holding centers, may be a viable option in your community. Come to a mutual understanding on the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act and transfers with potentially accepting facilities.
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