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Critical Care Tertiary Referral Networks & Transfer of Care (Adults)

Doc type: Policy Directive
Compliance with this policy directive is mandatory.

Doc No.: PD2010_021

Functional Group - Sub Group:
Clinical/ Patient Services - Critical care
Clinical/ Patient Services - Transport

Summary
This policy directive relates to critically ill adult patients and patients at risk of critical deterioration requiring referral and transfer. The NSW Critical Care Tertiary Referral Networks (Adults) define the links between Area Health Services and tertiary referral hospitals and take into account established functional clinical referral relationships. Implicit to this policy is that access to emergency care and/or urgent surgical intervention for time-urgent critical patients is not to be delayed due to no-available ICU bed: the Aeromedical and Medical Retrieval Services (AMRS) is to be contacted immediately for such patients.

Date of Publication: 30 March 2010

Replaces:

Helicopter Transport of Patients - Procedures to be Followed [PD2005_473]
Critical Care Adult Tertiary Referral Networks - Intensive Care Default Policy [PD2006_046]

Author Branch: Statewide Services Development

This document applies to: Area Health Services/Chief Executive Governed Statutory Health Corporation, Board Governed Statutory Health Corporations, Affiliated Health Organisations - Non Declared, Affiliated Health Organisations - Declared, Public Health System Support Division, NSW Ambulance Service, Public Hospitals

Audience: All clinical and administrative staff

Distributed to: Public Health System, Divisions of General Practice, NSW Ambulance Service , NSW Department of Health, Private Hospitals and Day Procedure Centres

Review Date: 30 March 2013

Policy Manual: Patient Matters

File No: 97/288-09

Status: Active

File link: Critical Care Tertiary Referral Networks & Transfer of Care (Adults)
File size: 541Kb