Duty of Care, Consent and Records

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Event medicine attaches personal duties to the clinician that a clinic rarely tests: where the duty of care comes from, who indemnifies you, consent and capacity under pressure, the record, confidentiality and safeguarding.

The patient did not book, has no notes and may be intoxicated or injured, and your record may be the only trace that the contact happened. Planning Event Medical Cover and The Event Medical Team and Command cover the framework and the roles.

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