Ambulance handover to emergency care
Record information that is handed over when care is transferred from ambulances to emergency departments to ensure fast, effective sharing of information. Making this information available to emergency care will improve continuity of care.
Contents
- Documentation
About this standard
- Publisher
- NHS England
- Publication date
- 1 November 2019
- Publication version
- 1.0.0
- Status
- Active
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Active. Active standards are stable, maintained and have been approved, assured or endorsed for use by qualified bodies.
Deprecated Deprecated standards are available for use and are maintained, but are being phased out, so new functionality will not be added.
Retired standards Retired standards are not being maintained or supported and should not be used.
- Standard type
- Information standards
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Collections. A Collection is a systematic gathering of a specified selection of data or information for a particular stated purpose from existing records held within health and care systems and electronic devices.
Extractions. An extraction is a type of collection that is pulled from an operational system by the data controller and transmitted to the receiver without additional processing or transcription by the sender.
Information standards. Information standards are agreed ways of doing something, written down as a set of precise criteria so they can be used as rules, guidelines, or definitions.
Technical Standards and specifications. Technical standards and specifications specify how to make information available technically including how the data is structured and transported.
- Contact point
Using this standard
- Associated medias
Supporting Documentation Developed by the PRSB
Topics and care settings
- Topic
- Care records
- Continuity of care
- Demographics
- Information governance
- Key care information
- Patient communication
- Prescribing
- Tests and diagnostics
- Care setting
- Hospital
- Urgent and Emergency Care
Dependencies and related standards
- Dependencies
This standard needs to be reviewed and implemented alongside:
- SNOMED CT
- Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard
- Electronic Patient Records (EPR) in ambulance services' systems.
- Receiving compatible Emergency Department (ED) systems
- Related standards
Review Information
- Scope
- For use with all transfers from ambulance to emergency departments or urgent care services. Out of scope: Ambulance transport or transfers between hospitals. Post event messages to the person’s GP if the person is not conveyed by ambulance services.
- Contributor
- Professional Record Standards Body
Legal basis and endorsements
- Collaborating Organisations
- Association of Ambulance Chief Executives The standard is endorsed by:
- Chartered Society of Physiotherapists The standard is endorsed by.
- College of Paramedics The standard is endorsed by.
- Royal College of Emergency Medicine The standard is endorsed by.
- Royal College of Nursing The standard is endorsed by:
- Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists The standard is endorsed by:
- Royal College of Occupational Therapists The standard is endorsed by:
- Royal College of Physicians The standard is endorsed by:
- Royal College of Surgeons The standard is endorsed by:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists The standard is endorsed by:
- Association of Ambulance Chief Executives
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