Course description
Medical records are essential reading for many types of cases. An understanding of the contents can often make the difference for clients.
This virtual classroom seminar will enable you to understand basic hospital and GP records and you will be able to recognise what might be missing and what you need to investigate.
Presented by Ali Malsher, a partner at Anthony Gold Solicitors with a wealth of experience in this area, the topics discussed will include types of records, abbreviations and common symbols, results and reports. The nursing Kardex will also be explored in detail, along with charts, operative and other records, and much more.
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Training Course Content
Introduction
Medical records are essential reading for many types of cases. An understanding of the contents can often make the difference for clients.
This virtual classroom seminar will enable you to understand basic hospital and GP records and you will be able to recognise what might be missing and what you need to investigate.
What You Will Learn
This live and interactive session will cover the following:
The Basics - Types of Records
- Clinical
- Correspondence
- Nursing
- Charts
- Results
- Operative
- Other therapies
Clinical Records
- Clerking
- Abbreviations and common symbols
- Outpatient
- Inpatient
Results and Reports
- Common tests
- What do they show?
- How can you tell when abnormal and what to look up
- Cross checking and its importance
Nursing Kardex
- How it is divided up
- Care plan and importance
- What the daily Kardex show
- Contacting medics
- Usefulness to non-medical lawyers
- Timings
Charts
- What type
- Significance of same
- Who completes and why
Operative and Other Records
- Consent
- Complications
- Anaesthetic records
- Timings
- Recovery
- Other therapies
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