Problems encountered when administering general anaesthetics in accident and emergency departments
| Autor: | M R James, P L Milsom |
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| Rok vydání: | 1988 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Apprehension business.industry education Accident and emergency General Medicine Anesthesia General Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine medicine.disease humanities England Anesthesiology Surveys and Questionnaires Emergency medicine Emergency Medicine medicine Humans Clinical Competence Medical emergency Clinical competence medicine.symptom Emergency Service Hospital business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Emergency Medicine Journal. 5:151-155 |
| ISSN: | 1472-0213 1472-0205 |
| Popis: | Junior anaesthetists in 75 English hospitals were surveyed for their views on whether administering general anaesthetics in A&E departments provoked more anxiety than in the main theatre, and if so what factors contributed to this. Of these anaesthetists, 71% were more apprehensive working in A&E departments than in main theatre; 91% felt that they were adequately experienced but despite this there was a marked decline in apprehension with increasing experience. Sixty eight per cent of the anaesthetists thought that their assistance was inadequate and only 28% had an Operating Department Assistant (ODA). Forty eight per cent said that the equipment was inadequate in either standard or maintenance and 40% said that some of the patients were unsuitable for day case anaesthesia. The authors recommend that anaesthetists performing general anaesthetics in A&E departments should be adequately experienced using equipment provided and maintained by the anaesthetic department and assisted by adequately trained nurses or ODAs. |
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