title: General anaesthesia in accident and emergency departments.
abstract: Potential problems with the provision of general anaesthesia in accident and emergency (A&E) departments were investigated by sending consultants in A&E a postal questionnaire asking for their views on the quality of the anaesthetic service available to their department. Of the 129 consultants replying, 31% had problems in obtaining an anaesthetist, 17% thought the first on-call anaesthetist was too inexperienced and 5% had experienced various other problems. Overall, 20% were unhappy with the service.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Preston Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Teale
authors.forename: I R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Selby
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: James
mesh_terms: D000761:Anesthesia Department, Hospital; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D006113:United Kingdom