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. 1995 Dec;12(4):259–261. doi: 10.1136/emj.12.4.259

General anaesthesia in accident and emergency departments.

K F Teale 1, I R Selby 1, M R James 1
PMCID: PMC1342575  PMID: 8775952

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.

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