Anaesthetists Handbook - MEDICAL EDUCATION at University ...

Inter-hospital transfersPrior to departure check that you have appropriate assistance, drugs,equipment, sufficient oxygen and the relevant documentation andfilms.Good communication is essential for a smooth transfer so confirm allarrangements made with the receiving unit and ensure that relativesare properly informed before transfer.You should notify the general consultant on call (for Coventry orRugby as relevant) of any transfer that is arranged using on call staff.Transfer documentationThe audit record keeping and physiological record keeping havebeen combined into one form that is a triplicate carbon copy. Theseforms are kept on the critical care unit. The audit is now centralisedand all transfers occurring in our transfer network group are collectedby critical care.The transferring doctor should find one of these forms wherever thetransfer originates from within the University Hospital. Complete it forall out of hospital transfers.1. Top copy: returns to the originating hospital and is retained inpatient’s notes.2. Yellow copy: patients notes at receiving hospital.3. Green copy: return to originating unit to be forwarded for audit(to Angela Himsworth).Insurance and indemnityMembers of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain andIreland, and the Intensive Care Society, benefit from automaticindemnity arrangements during transfer, which greatly extend thecover offered by the NHS Injury Benefits Scheme. For this reason iffor no other you are strongly advised to join the Association andremain in the NHS Superannuation Scheme.60 Anaesthetists Handbook January 2010