There is a shared resource on the CEM website that would be ideal for this.
http://www.emergencymed.org.uk/asp/resourcesintro.asp
Andy Webster
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From: Accident and Emergency Academic List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Rowley Cottingham
Sent: 13 March 2007 23:48
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Fitness to Drive leaflets
This thread stimulates me to think about advice sheets. We all have
advice leaflets/cards of various sorts but there is no standardisation
of this. As we even have a national standard list of antidotes (out of
date and duplicative, but never mind)I would have thought CEM ought to
have a standard set of advice boilerplates for local adaptation with
phone numbers, URLs etc. We are particularly proud of our head injury
ones written with the neurosurgeons, but we have just realised we don't
have one for people sent home after a procedure involving sedation, for
example.
/Rowley./
> *From:* Vic <[log in to unmask]>
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Date:* Tue, 13 Mar 2007 07:54:48 -0000
>
> I agree, but what happens if a patient with a retinal haemorrhage in
> his
> left eye drives over a twin baby buggy that Essex girl has pushed in
> to the
> road. He will claim medical condition as an excuse and doctor should
> have
> told him. "Doctor did tell you not to drive" says prosecution, "but
> the
> doctor knew I had to get the car home".
>
> It happened when I was a student, the doctor took a long time to get
> over
> the fact he hadn't made it very, very clear.
>
> Vic
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Accident and Emergency Academic List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Adrian Fogarty
> Sent: 13 March 2007 01:08
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Fitness to Drive leaflets
>
> Good points Vic, but I think a custodial sentence would be unlikely
> in this sort of scenario.
>
> AF
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vic" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 4:11 PM
> Subject: Re: Fitness to Drive leaflets
>
>
> There are no patient leaflets as such, but look at
> http://www.dvla.gov.uk/medical/ataglance.aspx which gives you an
> Adobe .pdf
> file that you can print the appropriate pages from. Are you getting
> your
> staff to record that they have told the person they are not fit to
> drive and
> to warn them that because they have been told they are not fit to
> drive they
> are driving without insurance or a licence, and therefore could be
> imprisoned if they have an accident whilst ignoring your advice?
>
>
>
> Vic Calland
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Accident and Emergency Academic List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bell, Simon
> Sent: 12 March 2007 11:57
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Fitness to Drive leaflets
>
>
>
> Dear list
> Not wanting to re-invent the wheel, does anyone have a patient
> leaflets on
> fitness to drive after certain medical diagnoses eg fits, TIA, Stroke,
> un-explained collapse etc.
>
> I want such a leaflet to give out to those patients we discharge.
> I would be most grateful if anyone feels they could share.
> Please email me off the list
> [log in to unmask]
> Many thanks
> Simon
>
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