One intensive care doctor will be allocated to 42 patients at Nightingale Hospital, where draft plans suggest up to a fifth of patients may not survive
Nurses working at @NightingaleLDN may be asked to carry out “unfamiliar” tasks such as safety checks of equipment incl ventilators and nasogastric tubes; clinical assessments; administering medications via infusions; using a double pump system; responding to ventilator alarms
There are “significant challenges” with transferring patients to the @NightingaleLDN site with around 60 extra ambulances needed to move critical care patients.
Blue lighting a critical care patient is a high-risk activity needing a specialist nurse at least
Blue lighting a critical care patient is a high-risk activity needing a specialist nurse at least
