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Referral Process

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Step one:

Phone CoMET Call handling

Please call CoMET on 0300 300 0023. Your call will be answered by one of our call handlers. All our calls are recorded for training and governance purposes.

 

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Step two:

Initial details taken by the call handler

The following initial details will be taken by the call handler:

  • Name of child
  • Child’s date of birth
  • Child’s NHS number
  • Child’s home postcode
  • Child’s weight
  • Location of the Child
  • Referring hospital
  • Name of caller
  • Direct contact number (in case we need to call you back)

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Step three:

Conference call with the CoMET Team

The call handler will set up a conference call with the CoMET consultant, registrar and nurse. If any other specialists or clinicians are required this can be facilitated during the call.
 

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Step four:

Advice and Management Plan

The CoMET team will provide advice and agree on a management plan. This may be for advice and support only or for activation of the transport team to transfer 

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Step five:

Activation

When the decision has been made to accept for transport the team will aim to mobilise within 30 minutes for all acute unplanned transfers. You will be advised of any potential delays to this.

 

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Step six:

Bed location

CoMET will find the appropriate PCCU bed for any emergency transfer. In times of surge bed availability will not affect the response of the team. You will be updated as soon as a bed is found. 

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Guidelines

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CoMET Guideline- Nitric oxide in transport

CoMET Guideline- Paediatric Extravasation Injury (peripheral cannulation)

Nottingham University Hospitals Paediatric Critical Care Pharmacopeia

 

CoMET Guideline- Acute Severe Asthma Management

CoMET Guideline- Use of Highflow in Transport

CoMET Guideline- Bronchiolitis

CoMET Guideline- Anaesthetic Induction and Intubation of Critically Unwell Child

CoMET Guideline- Securing endotracheal tube placed nasally

CoMET Guideline- Securing endotracheal tube placed orally

CoMET Guideline- Guideline for the use of Nitric Oxide on Transport

CoMET Guideline- Pre Intubation Checklist (to be used for all Endotracheal Intubations)

Paediatric Difficult Airway Guidelines (Difficult Airway Society)

 

CoMET Guideline- Transferring children and young people with blood or blood component transfusion in progress

CoMET Guideline- Arrhythmias

Neonatal and Paediatric ECMO Family Information Leaflet

(Please use this leaflet for inofrmation for appropriate families)

CoMET Guideline- Extravasation Injury [Peripheral Cannulation]

CoMET Guideline- Managing electrolyte imbalance

CoMET Guideline- Burn Transfer

CoMET Guideline- Drowning

CoMET Guideline- Status Epilepticus Management Guideline

CoMET Guideline- Poisoning in children and young people

CoMET Guideline- Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Children and young people

CoMET Guideline- Paediatric Metabolic Emergencies

Guidelines for the Children's Renal Unit at Nottingham Children's Hospital

CoMET Guideline- Paediatric Acute Liver Failure

CoMET Guideline- Anaphylaxis Management during Retrieval

CoMET Guideline- Paediatric Metabolic Emergencies

CoMET Guideline- management of the Collapsed Neonate Infant

CoMET Guideline- Oncology Emergencies: Tumour Lysis Syndrome, Hyperleukocytosis and Anterior Mediastinal Mass

CoMET Guideline- Poisoning in children & young people

CoMET Guideline- Team Well Being

CoMET Guideline- Medicines storage & management on transfer

CoMET Guideline- CoMET/CenTre Incident reporting SOP

CoMET Guideline- Nurse led transfer Criteria CoMET SOP 

CoMET Guideline- End of Life Care Withdrawal of life sustaining treatment children in referring centres or Hospice transfer

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