So I’ve just been told that it’s Trust Policy that a Doctor (me) needs to go and stand in CT whilst a patient receives contrast out of hours. It would be more sensible to make me stand in front patients eating peanuts. Severe Peanut allergy incidence 1.4% vs 0.01% contrast
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Als antwoord op @shojnr
Having been the lone radiographer on duty when a patient went into immediate anaphylactic shock from the contrast injection and died, I can tell you that any support in that situation no matter how trivial you think it is, is absolutely warranted!
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Als antwoord op @CGoody74
My point isn’t that no one should be there. It’s - why does it have to be me (someone covering 80 patients a long corridor and 8 flights of stairs away). RCR guidelines don’t specify it has to be a doctor.pic.twitter.com/wIfEDQaJdn
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Als antwoord op @shojnr
Radiographers, although trained to insert cannulas, are not qualified to give drugs. In most cases, antihistamines will do the job, so a call to the crash team is slightly over zealous.
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Patient Group Directive?
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