"Dunn Matthew Dr. (RJC) A & E - SwarkHosp-TR"
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> > I have had experience of technicians stating they were not supposed to
> > manage patients with intravenous infusions, when transferring patients
> > from a MIU to A&E.
> >
> > Clearly, there will be patients who are suitable for a satellite
> > hospital, who have IVIs in progress.
> >
> > Will they need paramedics?
> > Is my experience out of date?
> > What is the current practice?
> Unfortunately for the original poster, this thread (as often happens) seems
> to have taken on a life of its own without answering the original question.
> As a general point: this is discussing transfers within the same city. I
> don't know about times in Bristol, but if two departments are more than 30
> minutes apart, then I would worry about reducing one of them to the status
> of minor injuries unit. In deciding which patients to transfer, inability to
> tolerate 30 minutes off a drip is something I would generally consider a
> relative contraindication to transfer until more stable.
Even if the transfer time is only a few minutes, I suspect that the
actual time off a drip would be measured in hours for routine transfers,
if infusions needed to be stopped for transfer. This is probably not
critical, but represents rather mediocre care, hence my concern.
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Helen D. Vecht: [log in to unmask]
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