DHCR Policy and Guideline
Department: Professional Licensing Department
Document Identifier: PP/HCP/005/01
It is the aim of DHCR to ensure that all HCOs need to provide a high quality, consistent and evidence based response from appropriately skilled staff to any sudden collapse, medical emergency or cardiopulmonary arrest within DHCC.
In the context of this document the term resuscitation applies to and includes cardiopulmonary arrest, pediatric and medical emergencies involving life support actions.
DHCR recognizes and accepts its responsibility to employees, patients and families to ensure that the requirements for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and medical emergencies are satisfied.
The aim is that all relevant HCP's working in HCO must provide Life Support at a level appropriate to their role and healthcare environment in which they are working. However, some staff must provide elements of enhanced life support such as Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Pediatric Life Support, etc. as mentioned below.
| 1.1 | The purpose of the policy is to provide directi... |