Jurnal Internasional Afrika vol. 9 issue 2 2019
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
The variables perceived to be important during patient handover by South African prehospital care providers
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Jurnal Internasional Afrika vol. 9 issue 2 2019
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
The variables perceived to be important during patient handover by South African prehospital care providers
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
The variables perceived to be important during patient handover by South African prehospital care providers
Subject
Handover
Handoff
Prehospital
Emergency centre
Handoff
Prehospital
Emergency centre
Description
Introduction: High-acuity patients are typically transported directly to the emergency centre via ambulance by
trained prehospital care providers. As such, the emergency centre becomes the first of many physical transition
points for patients, where a change of care provider (or handover) takes place. The aim of this study was to
describe the variables perceived to be important during patient handover by a cohort of South African prehospital
care providers.
Methods: A purpose-designed questionnaire was used to gather data related to prehospital emergency care
provider opinions on the importance of certain patient variables.
Results: We collected 175 completed questionnaires from 75 (43%) BAA, 49 (28%) ANA, 15 (9%) ECT, 16 (9%)
ANT and 20 (11%) ECP respondents. Within the ten handover variables perceived to be most important for
inclusion in emergency centre handover, five were related to vital signs. Blood pressure was ranked most important,
followed by type of major injuries, anatomical location of major injuries, pulse rate, respiration rate and
patient history. These were followed by Glasgow Coma Score, injuries sustained, patient priority, oxygen saturations
and patient allergies.
Conclusion: This study has provided some interesting results related to which handover elements prehospital
care providers consider as most important to include in handover. More research is required to correlate these
findings with the opinions of emergency centre staff.
trained prehospital care providers. As such, the emergency centre becomes the first of many physical transition
points for patients, where a change of care provider (or handover) takes place. The aim of this study was to
describe the variables perceived to be important during patient handover by a cohort of South African prehospital
care providers.
Methods: A purpose-designed questionnaire was used to gather data related to prehospital emergency care
provider opinions on the importance of certain patient variables.
Results: We collected 175 completed questionnaires from 75 (43%) BAA, 49 (28%) ANA, 15 (9%) ECT, 16 (9%)
ANT and 20 (11%) ECP respondents. Within the ten handover variables perceived to be most important for
inclusion in emergency centre handover, five were related to vital signs. Blood pressure was ranked most important,
followed by type of major injuries, anatomical location of major injuries, pulse rate, respiration rate and
patient history. These were followed by Glasgow Coma Score, injuries sustained, patient priority, oxygen saturations
and patient allergies.
Conclusion: This study has provided some interesting results related to which handover elements prehospital
care providers consider as most important to include in handover. More research is required to correlate these
findings with the opinions of emergency centre staff.
Creator
Andrew William Makkink, Christopher Owen Alexander Stein, Stevan Raynier Bruijns, Sean Gottschalk
Source
www.elsevier.com/locate/afjem
Publisher
afem
Date
23 January 2019
Contributor
peri irawan
Format
pdf
Language
english
Type
text
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Citation
Andrew William Makkink, Christopher Owen Alexander Stein, Stevan Raynier Bruijns, Sean Gottschalk, “Jurnal Internasional Afrika vol. 9 issue 2 2019
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
The variables perceived to be important during patient handover by South African prehospital care providers,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed November 21, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2391.
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
The variables perceived to be important during patient handover by South African prehospital care providers,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed November 21, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2391.