General anaesthesia in accident and emergency departments.
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.
Teale
K F
KF
Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Preston Hospital, UK.
Selby
I R
IR
James
M R
MR
D000761:Anesthesia Department, Hospital; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D006113:United Kingdom