Patient handovers
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Patient
Handovers
When you are receiving a patient that
patients care then becomes your responsibility and therefor under the Cartello Ambulance
umbrella. To ensure you have all information to be able to deliver the best
care possible always find out as much information off the patient or care
assistants as possible. Sometimes this will not be possible depending on the
capacity level of the patient so you would need to communicate with a family member
or carer.
A clear and easy way to remember this
is a system the hospitals use called SBAR which stands for
Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation
MAIN THINGS TO LOOK & ASK FOR.
- Mobility
- Behaviour issues
- Pain/injury
- do they have any pressure sores that could affect transportation
- Do they have a DNAR in place
- Are there any special requirements for the transport
When arriving at the patients
destination we need to carry out a patient handover this entails giving as much
detail to the other carer as possible including any additional information that
you have come across whilst in transit with the patient as well as information
you received on the patient collection.