This handover proforma follows an ISOBAR method of communication (identifiers, situation, observations, background, assessment, recommendations) to record transfer decision making and discussions, and pertinent information in the process of transferring unwell patients. Click the link button below to see a generic PDF version.  I am happy to provide a word version that can be edited […]

Our major trauma pathway aims to act as a helpful ‘aide memoire’ to dealing with major trauma whilst awaiting specialist assistance/retrieval in a community hospital setting. Click the link button below to see a generic PDF version.  I am happy to provide a word version that can be edited for local use if necessary.

This pathway was developed in 2013 and updated in 2016 to reflect the latest European Cardiology Society guidelines.  Our situation is that there are occasions when helicopter transfer can be achieved to convey the patient within a 70 minute timescale.  However there are also occasions when this is not feasible, and therefore thrombolysis must remain […]