Department: Quality Improvement Department
Document Identifier: SD/QID/1001/01
An outpatient care clinic may be confronted with a client who presents with a deteriorating emergency/urgent clinical condition that requires prompt management to avoid adverse events, disability and death. The care for a patient with an emergency condition must be guided by appropriate policies and procedures.
At the minimum, each outpatient clinic must have provisions for basic emergency management and diagnostic procedures. An outpatient clinic must be manned by a physician and allied health personnel with provisions including secured lifesaving/emergency medications, devices, equipment, and supplies required for immediate use when life-threatening conditions are confronted. A means for obtaining immediate assistance and/or emergency exits must be available in all consultations and treatment rooms.
It is the aim of the Dubai Healthcare City Authority-Regulatory (DHCR) to ensure that all outpa...