Transfer guidelines | Number of departments where specialty/local guidelines exist | Number of departments with named guideline available in ED | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
ICU, intensive care unit; PICU, paediatric intensive care unit; AAA, abdominal aortic aneurysm | ||||
Anaesthetic department/ICU | 8 | 3 | ||
Burns | 2 | 3 | ||
Cardiothoracic | 0 | 1 | ||
ED/other local guidelines | 13 | 16 | ||
Head injury | 44 | 13 | ||
Intensive Care Society | 2 | 2 | ||
Obstetrics and gynaecology | 1 | 0 | ||
Paediatric/PICU | 11 | 3 | ||
Pelvic fracture | 1 | 0 | ||
Vascular; for example, AAA | 8 | 4 | ||
Other | 2 | 2 |