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Chapter 6: Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthesia Services for Day Surgery 2021
Nursing staff caring for children should be skilled in paediatric and day surgical care and trained in child protection.
Chapter 6: Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthesia Services for Day Surgery 2021
There should be access to a paediatrician. Where the DSU does not have inpatient paediatric services, robust arrangements should be in place for access to a paediatrician and transfer to a paediatric unit if necessary.30
Chapter 6: Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthesia Services for Day Surgery 2021
Pathways for the treatment of prisoners as day cases should be agreed with the local prison services.
Training of anaesthetists includes attaining the competency to perform medical assessment of patients before anaesthesia for surgery or other procedures.40 ...
Training of anaesthetists includes attaining the competency to perform medical assessment of patients before anaesthesia for surgery or other procedures.40
Chapter 6: Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthesia Services for Day Surgery 2021
The hospital should ensure that prisoners have adequate access to postoperative analgesia.
Chapter 6: Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthesia Services for Day Surgery 2021
Some prisons do not have the facility to provide analgesia if the medical officer is not on duty. Special arrangements may be required to allow certain medications to be available within the prisoner’s cell or for additional arrangements to be made to enable patients to receive overnight postoperative analgesia.
Chapter 6: Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthesia Services for Day Surgery 2021
The hospital should consider making an agreement on the safe provision of privacy and dignity for prisoners with the local prison governor with regard to the use of restraints.
Chapter 6: Guidelines for the Provision of Anaesthesia Services for Day Surgery 2021
Consideration should be given to the provision of theatre time dedicated to emergency day surgery.