The South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT) Specialist Practitioner in Urgent and Emergency Care (SPUEC) team provides 24/7 clinical advice and support to ambulance crews across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG). Contacting the SPUEC team SWASFT ambulance crews should contact the SPUEC team for clinical advice, support or a patient visit […]
This document outlines expected standards of documentation for clinicians working in SevernSide IUC and we hope is a useful guide to what we believe good and safe clinical documentation looks like. It has been created by the Clinical Guardian team, drawing on our experience of auditing cases and subsequent consensus discussions, as well as discussions […]
My Assigned Cases and Paramedics – Accessing your queue Select the Filters button at the top of the Cleo screen Select the My Assigned Cases and Paramedics filter on the right-hand side & click Apply. This will display any cases that have been assigned to yourself and any Paramedic cases on the system. Call back […]
Screening for delirium Use the Four As test (4-AT) Four questions covering Alertness, 4-AMT, Attention and Acute change or fluctuating course Assessing and treating delerium: often multiple factors, not always infection: 14. CGA in Primary Care Settings: Patients presenting with confusion and delirium | British Geriatrics Society Community Delirium chart for practical use of PINCHME tool GM-community-delirium-TIME-Bundle-Key-Document-3.docx […]
EBOLA Ebola disease is caused by a group of viruses, known as orthoebolaviruses. It affects both humans and animals and spreads through close contact with infected bodily fluids or contaminated materials. Clinicians should be aware of this outbreak and should consider EBOD when assessing unwell patients presenting where there is a history of travel […]
Hantavirus is the name given to a group of viruses carried by rodents and transmitted by their droppings and urine. Serious infections caused by hantaviruses Hantaviruses causes 2 serious infections in humans: haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) Transmission Humans are primarily infected by: Inhaling virus particles from contaminated dust Direct […]
National Guidance on current Meningococcal Outbreak in Kent These links provide updates on the current outbreak: NHS England Advice for Primary and Urgent Care This includes information on antibiotic prophylaxis for specific, defined groups of contacts. UKHSA updates on the outbreak This includes information on […]
Background The Special Allocation Scheme (SAS) is a GP service for people who have been violent in a healthcare setting. Face-to-face clinics run every Tuesday afternoon at Bristol Royal Infirmary. Appointments are between 2pm-3:15pm and telephone calls are offered throughout the week. The patient phone line is open from 8:30am-6:30pm Monday to Friday and there […]
Increase Your Knowledge and Confidence in Managing Urgent Problems in Children and Young People Endorsed by Paediatric Emergency Consultants from the Bristol Children’s Emergency Department and the Urgent Care Network of the GPCB © 2023. This work is licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence On This Page Introduction Remote Consultations Face-to-Face Consultations Red and […]
Analgesic/Antipyretic Medicine Formulation Pack size Dosage Codeine Phosphate Tablet box of 28 15mg Ibuprofen Run down / not replaced Tablet box of 24 400mg Lidocaine HCL injection 1% Vial 5ml 100mg/10ml Morphine Sulphate Solution Liquid bottle of 100ml 10mg/5ml Naproxen Run down / not replaced Tablet box of 28 250mg Paracetamol Capsule Run down / […]