• Br J Nurs · Nov 2014

    Developing and implementing a protocol for major haemorrhage.

    • Jessica Hargreaves.
    • Senior Lecturer, Acute Clinical Practice, University of Brighton.
    • Br J Nurs. 2014 Nov 27; 23 (21): 1140-5.

    AbstractThis article presents the author's experience, in the role of a transfusion practitioner (TP), of developing and implementing a major haemorrhage protocol. A definition is given for the term 'major haemorrhage' in conjunction with the incidence of and outcomes for people experiencing excessive blood loss. The advantages and disadvantages of clinical protocols are discussed. Rather than reject the use of protocols because of issues of compliance and resourcing, these should be acknowledged in order to better inform the development and implementation of a protocol. With reference to the specific design of a major haemorrhage protocol for use in an acute NHS trust, a detailed explanation of the stages involved in developing a protocol is given. This is followed by a summary of the standard recommendations specified for protocol implementation. The findings from an audit showed on average that the time to the first transfusion was 26 minutes less for patients in the post-protocol group compared to the pre-protocol group.

      Pubmed     Full text   Copy Citation     Plaintext  

      Add institutional full text...

    Notes

     
    Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?
    300 characters remaining
    help        
    You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
    • Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as *italics*, _underline_ or **bold**.
    • Superscript can be denoted by <sup>text</sup> and subscript <sub>text</sub>.
    • Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines 1. 2. 3., hyphens - or asterisks *.
    • Links can be included with: [my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com)
    • Images can be included with: ![alt text](https://bestmedicaljournal.com/study_graph.jpg "Image Title Text")
    • For footnotes use [^1](This is a footnote.) inline.
    • Or use an inline reference [^1] to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document [^1]: This is a long footnote..

    hide…