TLA Alert!!!
Not sure what a WIC or a TAT is
Simon
Simon Carley
SpR in Emergency Medicine
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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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