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Hospital Divert Information
Information on hospital diverts can be found at: https://www.njha.com/media/51098/divertguidelines2009.pdf
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Diversion is an advisory status, not a mandate. Critically ill patients or patients with life threatening emergencies must be seen and treated at the nearest emergency department. Ambulances should not be turned away.
Quick Reference guide: Hospital Divert Status
ED Divert =BLS & ALS Divert
Full Divert=BLS & ALS Divert
Critical Divert=ALS Divert
Special Services Divert=BLS and/or ALS Divert depending on specific patient category
Facility Divert=Absolute BLS and ALS Divert
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ED Divert: The hospital emergency department cannot accept any additional patients transported by ambulance.
Full Divert: The entire hospital, including the ED, is unable to admit any additional patients (ambulance, walk-in emergency, critical care, general admission).
Critical Care Divert: No intensive care unit (ICU) beds or critical/coronary care unit (CCU) beds are available.
Special Services Divert: Ambulances carrying patients requiring specialty services (psych, obstetrical, pediatric, substance abuse, etc) must be diverted. For example, a hospital would go in pediatric divert if it was unable to admit any pediatric patients. Burn patients should never be diverted from a burn center and trauma patients should never be diverted from a trauma center.
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Facility Divert: Hospital cannot take any patients due to fire, power outage or an internal disaster, etc.