Incident Reporting & Management Policy and …

Incident Reporting & Management Policy and Procedure V6.0 View/Print date 13 May 2013 Page 3 of 34 Table of Contents 1 Circulation ..... 5

Pre-employment Health Screening Policy and …

4 Pre-Employment Health Screening Policy and Procedure 1. Introduction The Department of Health document, ‘The Management of Health, Safety and Welfare Issues for

Isolation Policy - hgs.uhb.nhs.uk

Isolation Policy The term “Isolation” is the use of infection prevention and control precautions aimed at controlling and preventing the spread of infection.

  Prevention

Retention and Disposal of Records Policy and …

Retention and Disposal of Records Policy and Procedure _____ 1/25 Retention and Disposal of Records Policy and

Adult Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) Policy …

Adult Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) Policy and Escalation Pathway Version 3.0 ©Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust View/Print Date: 17 January 2012 Page 2 of 18

  Adults

CODE OF CONDUCT - hgs.uhb.nhs.uk

Nolan Principles on Conduct in Public Life - HMSO. Good Medical Practice (July 1998) - General Medicine Council. Code of Conduct for NHS Managers (October 2002) - DoH. Code of Conduct Payment by Results (2008 – DoH). The following Trust policies should also be read in conjunction with this Code of Conduct Policy including but are not limited to:

  Code, Conduct, Code of conduct

JOB DESCRIPTION JOB TITLE: Health Care Assistant (HCA) …

Be alert to any possible improvement to service and make suggestions as appropriate 5. Quality Following direction and delegation from a registered nurse undertake aspects of care for a patient / group of patients Practise in accordance with agreed …

  Health, Title, Quality, Improvement, Care, Descriptions, Assistant, Job description job title, Health care assistant

Guidelines for Patient Self-Administration of Medicines

admission must be assumed competent to continue to self-manage during the admission unless the clinical situation prevents this. The role of the registered nurse, doctor, pharmacist or pharmacy technician is to discuss the patient’s wishes and agree and document the circumstances in which

  Admission, Technician

POLICY DOCUMENT DEFINITIONS - hgs.uhb.nhs.uk

individual or the Trust during legal action. Procedures and must be reviewed annually. ... understand, non-ambiguous and emphasise safety. Characteristics:- Detailed statements of ‘what’, ‘when’ and ‘how’. Ratified at trust or local level ... Definition:- Detailed descriptions of the steps taken to deliver care or treatment to a patient

  Policy, Definition, Document, Descriptions, Legal, Understand, Policy document definitions

Adult Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS) Policy and ...

• Provide blended learning approaches to education training and assessment of all staff required to use the MEWS system which includes face to face and e-learning methods. • Promote a standardised approach across the organisation • Ensure patient safety by appropriate monitoring of MEWS and response to MEWS

  Education, Approach, Learning, Blended, Blended learning

Laboratory Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction

of the acute coronary syndrome are critical to the effective management of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Apart from clinical history, physical examination and accurate ECG interpretations, cardiac biomarkers are equally valuable in the initial evaluation of patients with non-traumatic chest pain.

  Management, Acute, Myocardial, Acute myocardial, Of acute myocardial

Atrial Fibrillation Management of Acute Atrial ...

state, pneumonia, acute coronary syndrome/acute myocardial infarction ACS/AMI) • Hospital readmissions for AF/AFL or management of AF-related comorbidities • Atrial Tachyarrhythmia-related symptoms despite adequate rate control, or inability to achieve adequate rate control • Cardiomyopathy presumed to be secondary to tachycardia

  Management, Acute, Myocardial, Atrial, Fibrillation, Acute myocardial, Atrial fibrillation management of acute

2020ESC Guidelines for the management of acute coronary ...

The Task Force for the management of acute coronary syndromes in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment elevation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Authors/Task Force Members: Jean-Philippe Collet * (Chairperson) (France), ... † nitrates † non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction ...

  Patients, Management, Without, Syndrome, Acute, Coronary, Presenting, Myocardial, Persistent, Management of acute, Management of acute coronary syndromes in patients presenting without persistent st

NICE impact cardiovascular disease management

NICE impact cardiovascular disease management Acute coronary syndromes Acute coronary syndromes are a spectrum of conditions . which include unstable angina and myocardial infarction (MI), also known as a heart attack. 82,000. hospital admissions a …

  Management, Disease, Impact, Cardiovascular, Acute, Myocardial, Nice, Nice impact cardiovascular disease management, Nice impact cardiovascular disease management acute

895–951 POSITION STATEMENT 1443-9506/04/$36.00 …

Acute reperfusion and invasive management strategies in ACS For patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) presenting within 12 hours of symptom onset, and in the absence of advanced age, frailty and comorbidities that influence the individual’s overall survival, emergency reperfusion therapy with either primary percutaneous ...

  Management, Acute, Myocardial

Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE)

May 29, 2009 · and/or acute myocardial infarction, cardiac enzymes abnormal, hemodynamically unstable Death Definition: A disorder characterized by signs and symptoms related to acute ischemia of the myocardium secondary to coronary artery disease. The clinical presentation covers a spectrum of heart diseases from unstable angina to myocardial infarction.

  Acute, Myocardial, Acute myocardial

Practice Guidelines Acute Stroke Practice Guidelines for ...

the patient who presents with signs and symptoms consistent with acute stroke. Although these guidelines assist in guiding care, responsibility to determine appropriate care for each individual remains with provider themselves. OUTCOMES / GOALS 1. Create a multi-disciplinary, evidence-based, approach to the management of acute stroke patients. 2.

  Management, Acute, Management of acute

Academy of Acute Care Physical Therapy – APTA Task Force ...

with myocardial injury increase in a predictable fashion. Up to 80% of patients with an acute MI will present with an elevation of troponin within 3 hours of onset of chest pain.3 However, not all patients with cardiac impairments present with obvious symptoms, and they might not have undergone diagnostic testing.

  Acute, Myocardial, Of acute