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Anaesthetic Record Cards |
In military hospitals the anaesthetic records of operations were almost
invariably written up into the general records which sat on the
anaesthetic trolley during operations. They then followed the patient
back to the ward. Any post operative anaesthetic follow up was added
to the patients notes when they were visited by the anaesthetist. The
notes finally ended up in the hospital records department.
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In effect for all
practical purposes they were "lost" as far as any statistical analysis
of anaesthetic technique or outcome was concerned.
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Latterly, in the time that
I was at BMH Rinteln, my anaesthetic consultant Charlie Davies
introduced me to a system of Nosworthy Record Cards which could be used
at the time of operation and then punched out so they could be sorted
with a knitting needle; a primitive data sorting system.
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I took a supply to
Salalah and used them to record each and every anaesthetic procedure.
They have formed the basis for my record of the clinical activity of
55FST during that period.
The list of operations on the anaesthetic
cards do not match those in the operating theatre book. This is because
some operations were done under local anaesthetic and not all of the
five anaesthetics given by the "mumps" anaesthetist were included.
Joe and I considered long and whether or not we should publish names and
came to the conclusion that for historical completeness we should. We
did decide to make an exception for those members of BATT who as well as
having poor dentition prefer to keep a long term low profile.
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Anaesthetic Cards |
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