Things to attend to:
· Breaking bad news
· The immediate workplace issues
· Critical incident support
· Root cause analysis
Replacement |
· Anaesthetist ceases clinical duties · Call in a relief anaesthetist |
Isolation |
· Leave the scene untouched · Move the list to another operating theatre |
Notifications |
· Hospital co-ordinator · Hospital insurers · ±Coroner |
Documentation |
· Draft before final copy · Show to anaesthetist ± his/her MDO · Facts only · No opinions · No speculation regarding the cause · DO NOT ALTER THE ANAESTHETIC RECORD |
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