Handover; skills to enhancing the PHEM – EM interface – Post Test

The features of an effective handover have been recommended by the WHO. Which of these is NOT recommended?

Your department has received a pre-alert for a patient in cardiac arrest. You have been asked to perform a zero-point survey. A zero-point survey allows you to do what?

The department handover document is being revised and you have been informed that the local ambulance crew use ATMIST as their handover tool. What does ATMIST stand for?

During a handover you hear the following said, “The first-hand account is that drugs had been consumed prior to the fall”. First-hand information can be provided by:

During a recent audit in the ED it was noted that 32% of handover written records have incorrect or missing patient ages. Information degradation can occur during handover, techniques to minimise this include: