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From: "Rowley Cottingham"
Subject: Re: Written consent for thrombolysis
> > PS nobody ever checks that all the clocks are in time with each other!
> >
> Yes, we do. Both the ambulance control and our computers are tied to an
internet accurate clock.
> Something like www.g.m.t.com. As you say, when a second late can take you
from a star to a diamond (oh,
> what?!) you had better be accurate. Incidentally, the difficult one is the
ECG machine; the clocks on all ours
> are wrong, and of course need a password to reset them.
Precisely, that's what I was getting at. As our times were getting down to
single figures recently, I realised we needed more accurate measurements.
For the blue light cases I had been recording the first ECG time as
tantamount to the time of arrival, and I then used the same monitor to
record my thrombolysis time. I'm now thoroughly confused however. Perhaps
Katherine Henderson can advise. How are we supposed to measure the "door"
time? It could be critical when we're aiming for 20 minutes from April
onwards.
Adrian Fogarty
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