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National Care Standards for Independent Medical Consultant and General Practitioner Services

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Medical and other emergencies

Standard 13

You can be confident that the service staff know what to do in an emergency, including resuscitation.17

1 Your service has policies and procedures for managing emergencies and reviews these regularly.

2 You can be confident that the whole team is suitably trained in dealing with emergencies and knows how to respond at any time.

3 Your service's healthcare staff involved in medical emergency care have their resuscitation and emergency care skills updated annually.

4 You can be confident that any equipment that is needed for treating medical emergencies is available, easily accessible and in working order.

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