Clinical handover

Overview

80% of serious medical errors involve miscommunication between clinicians in the transfer of care of patients (Joint Commission Perspectives, 2012). Handover is common in trauma care, between prehospital and hospital teams, Emergency and inpatient teams and between hospitals. A successful handover involves clear and succinct communication, collaboration and information gathering. The use of a cognitive aid can improve the retention of knowledge and streamline the process ensuring the important clinical care is communicated and continued (Evans et al, 2010).  

Description

This resource kit provides healthcare clinicians with the knowledge on how to effectively perform clinical handover in the setting of chest trauma.

Learning objectives

By the end of this session the participant will be able to:

• Demonstrate the effective clinical handover of a patient suffering chest trauma utilising cognitive aids and handover tools.
• Model an effective clinical handover by demonstrating succinct, clear and structured delivery of clinical information.

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