29/03/07 - Who can't go to Grantham Hospital in an ambulance any more?
*Women of childbearing age with lower abdominal pain.
*Men under 30 years of age with testicular pain.
*Patients with blood in their urine.
*Patients with gastro-intestinal haemorrhages.
*All major trauma.
*All but minor head injuries.
*Truncal stabbings, gunshot wounds, and serious injuries.
*Scalds and burns covering more than 15 per cent of the body and all burns to the face, neck, eyes, ears or genitals.
*All obstetric or gynaecological patients except those expecting a normal delivery in the midwife managed unit.
So who can go to Grantham Hospital's A&E department?
*Patients requiring immediate airway, breathing or circulation resuscitation.
*Patients requiring immediate general surgical or urological opinion.
*Fractures and dislocations.
*Soft tissue injuries, sprains, strains, lacerations and haemotomata.
*Crush injuries not involving the pelvis.
*Hand injuries.
*Children's suspected fractures, if confined to one area.
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