Urgent Transport Request is a TRANSPORT REQUEST.
A request when a definite time limit is imposed such that the vehicle and crew must be despatched quickly, although not necessarily immediately, to collect a PATIENT, perhaps seriously ill, on the advice of a doctor for admission to hospital.
It includes:
a. Maternity cases not given emergency priority
b. Hospital admissions (including day case admissions) for which the doctor has given a specified time, eg within one hour
b. Hospital admissions (including day case admissions) for which the doctor has given a specified time, eg within one hour
Note: A maternity admission is an admission of a pregnant woman to a maternity ward except where the intention is to terminate the pregnancy.
This supporting information is also known by these names:
Context | Alias |
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plural | Urgent Transport Requests |