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Series:   Elements in Emergency Neurosurgery

Neurosurgical Handovers and Standards for Emergency Care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2024

Simon Lammy  and
Jennifer Brown
Simon Lammy
Affiliation:
Institute of Neurological Sciences
Jennifer Brown
Affiliation:
Institute of Neurological Sciences

Summary

One of the biggest challenges as a neurosurgical trainee is to master the handover. This requires developing an organisational efficiency to concisely relay relevant patient information to a suitably qualified person to execute a given task. A trainee can work extremely hard during an on call, making suitable decisions, implementing previous plans to perfection and covering slack in a team. But if the presentation of this work is unclear then it undoes a lot of that hard work and generates an impression of a trainee being disorganised. Success in a handover requires an understanding of whom you are talking to, what you are saying, how you are saying it and if the way you are communicating gains and maintains interest. Above all a handover should ensure the smooth continuity of care of a patient.
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handoverorganisationefficiencyrobusthonesty
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Series: Elements in Emergency Neurosurgery
Online ISBN: 9781009548502
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication: 02 January 2025

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Neurosurgical Handovers and Standards for Emergency Care
  • Simon Lammy, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Jennifer Brown, Institute of Neurological Sciences
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Neurosurgical Handovers and Standards for Emergency Care
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  • Online ISBN: 9781009548502
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