Improving Emergency Care for Adults with Developmental Disabilities: A Toolkit for Providers
This toolkit is an opportunity to share implementation tools with emergency providers who are interested in improving the care provided to patients with developmental disabilities (DD). The resources included in this Toolkit can be used together, or as stand alone materials, depending on the needs, goals and existing resources in your hospital. We encourage you to use whichever pieces of this Toolkit feel appropriate for your site. We have made electronic versions of all materials available. Where available, we have included a modifiable version (usually in Microsoft Word), that can be downloaded, then further adapted for your site. We ask that acknowledgment be given to the H-CARDD program. We envision that all the materials included in the toolkit could be uploaded into EMRs as easy-to-access materials for paper-based practice settings. Download the full toolkit.
Table of Contents
About Developmental Disabilities
Building Awareness in Your Site
- What the Research Says
- Sample Process Map
- Key Ingredients for Successful Implementation
- Staff engagement Survey
- Sample role descriptions
- "I Am" Awareness Campaign (or visit our campaign webpage)
- Email Campaign,
Identifying your Patients and Alerting the Team
Adapting Clinical Approaches
Resources for Staff
- Head to Toe Assessment
- Tip sheets for Clinical Staff
- for MDs / en français
- for RNs / en français
- for Social Work - Navigating Developmental Services Ontario
- Communication Tips
- Environmental Accommodations
- Rapid Tranquilization
- Educational Videos
- Tip Cards
Resources for Patients and Caregivers
- About Me
- Exit Interview
- Going to the ED: A Social Story
- Getting a Blood Test: A Social Story
- Getting More Money
- Going to the ED: Videos for Patients
- Helpful Websites
- Crisis Prevention and Management
- Improving emergency care for people with developmental disabilities: What does the research tell us?
Enhancing Discharge Communication
