Maurice <[log in to unmask]>typed
> Can you describe what is mediocre about the care, are referring to the
> cessation of the drip or that technicians are not authorised / trained to
> administer them!
No criticism of ambulance technicians is intended in any way.
It is my fear (possibly ungrounded) that discontinuing a drip for
transfer might result in a 2-3 hour interruption of an infusion. It is
this interruption I see as 'mediocre'.
I envisage that the cannula gets capped as soon as transport is booked
(maybe this does not happen)
I envisage a 'non-urgent' transfer waiting around 90 minutes. (Maybe
this does not happen)
I envisage it taking up to an hour for a new ward arrival to start
treatment, like a drip, simply because there will be other things
happening on a ward.
Perhaps things have changed enormously in the past few years. Perhaps
not. I am sure it is possible to arrange only brief interruptions on
transfer. I suspect that the reality, especially in non-urgent patients,
is that such interruptions might be uncomfortably long.
Are these transfers to be audited?
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