FOI_6556

Internal Reference Number: FOI_6556

Date Request Received: 14/04/2022 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 09/05/2022 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Aortic dissection

Request Category: Charities


Question Number 1: Do you have a policy and/or written procedures for how your trust responds to patients presenting at A&E with chest pain or suspected heart related conditions?

Answer To Question 1: The Trust has a policy written for assessment of Acute Coronary Syndrome within the emergency department that covers chest pain or suspected heart related conditions.

Question Number 2: Do you have a policy and/or written procedures for managing suspected aortic dissection?

Answer To Question 2: This would fall within the policy mentioned within question 1.

Question Number 3: Do you have a policy and/or written procedures for managing aortic dissection once diagnosed? Please provide a copy of these

Answer To Question 3: The trust has a policy based off of a Royal College of Emergency Medicine guideline. I have attached both to this item. To accompany this answer to question 3 please also see the documents listed below: Diagnosis_of_Thoracic_Aortic_dissection.pdf Acute Aortic Dissection Guide.docx

Question Number 4: If you have a policy or procedures in place regarding aortic dissection, what is the trust's process for ensuring that all clinical staff are made aware and are reminded?

Answer To Question 4: The trust displays the material listed in the appendix 3 section of the attached Royal College of Emergency Medicine guideline in Question 3 in clear view in our Emergency Department

Question Number 5: If you provide training, please provide a copy of the training material. Do you have any training / induction to ensure that all staff are familiar with it?

Answer To Question 5: Unable to provide training material but all ED clinicians are trained to recognise potential aortic dissection
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