Sorry !
WIC - walk in centre
TAT - trainee technician
Iain
----- Original Message -----
From: s.carley <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: Re Flying Squad call
> TLA Alert!!!
>
> Not sure what a WIC or a TAT is
>
> Simon
> Simon Carley
> SpR in Emergency Medicine
> [log in to unmask]
> Evidence based emergency medicine
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Iain McNeil" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 8:47 AM
> Subject: Re: Re Flying Squad call
>
>
> > Surrey is beginning to do this too. We take to GPs, MIUs and WICs to
try
> an
> > lessen the load on A&Es. We are also working on a process for paramedics
> to
> > work on OOH coop cars instead of GPs. Training for this has begun. Also
> have
> > TATs in A&E departments skilling up on minor wound and catheter care so
> that
> > crews do not have to take them to A&E - instead they treat and refer for
> > primary care follow up.
> >
> > All very early days , but we think we will be safely diverting a
> significant
> > % away from A&E soon. Accepted that some will need to go to A&E after
> beibg
> > to MIU, but if guidelines are right that should be a small proportion -
so
> > far no transfers have occured.
> >
> > East Anglia AS doing similar stuff, as is Staffs and a few others.
> >
> > Iain
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Robbie Coull <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Sunday, March 17, 2002 1:53 PM
> > Subject: Re: Re Flying Squad call
> >
> >
> > > > My apologies Robbie - what is 'treat and release'?
> > >
> > > In the UK all 999 ambulance calls are transported to the A+E for
> > assessment
> > > by a doctor (unless the patient refuses to travel and signs a release
> > form).
> > >
> > > 'Treat and release' is when a paramedic assesses and treats a patient
at
> > the
> > > scene (the 'treat' bit), and then has the authority to decide that
they
> do
> > > not need to go to hospital and see a doctor (the 'release' bit).
> > >
> > > I think community ambulance officers in Staffordshire have started
doing
> > > this (or referring the patient to their GP instead of transporting
> them),
> > > but I don't know of any other such schemes in the UK.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Robbie Coull
> > >
> > > email: [log in to unmask] website: http://www.coull.net
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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