York symposium promotes gold standard for patient transfer
Posted on 25 July 2007
The University of York is hosting a national symposium this autumn, focusing on promoting excellence in the movement of the critically ill.
The event on 26 September 2007 is organised by the Department of Health Sciences and supported by the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.
It will be of interest to all professionals involved in the transfer of patients, working in emergency departments, theatres and critical care areas, regardless of level or grade. This includes medical staff, nurses, operating department practitioners, ambulance staff and search and rescue staff.
There is a high level of interest professionally in inter-hospital transfers
Alison Foster
Participants will learn from experienced agencies with well established reputations, for example those involved in repatriating service personnel from areas of current military operations.
Alison Foster, Lecturer in Acute and Critical Care, said "There is a high level of interest professionally in inter-hospital transfers as this happens much more frequently now. For example, when TV presenter Richard Hammond was seriously injured he was transferred by the Yorkshire Air Ambulance from York to Leeds and then by private air ambulance from Leeds to Bristol. We know that NHS Trusts are looking to develop best practice guidelines and our aim is to promote ‘gold standards’ of care."
To book a place contact Ann Whisker: tel: 01904 321646 email: eaw2@york.ac.uk or visit the website for details at www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/tft/criticalcaretransportevent2007.pdf.
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Notes to editors:
- The Department of Health Sciences at the University of York is a large multi-disciplinary department, offering a broad range of taught and research programmes in the health care field, including nursing. It aims to develop the role of scientific evidence in health and health care through high quality research, teaching and other forms of dissemination.