Adapt to emergency care environment

Adapt practice to ensure that needs of patients within the emergency and urgent care environment are met.

adapt to emergency care environments
modify practice to meet needs of emergency care
conform to emergency care environment
adjust to emergency care environments
adapt practice within emergency and urgentcare environment

skill/competence

sector-specific

Adapt to emergency care environment is an essential skill of the following occupations:

Paramedic in emergency responses: Paramedics in emergency responses provide emergency care to sick, injured, and vulnerable persons in emergency medical situations, before and during transport to a medical facility. They implement and oversee the transfer of the patient in connection with transport. They provide assistance in acute situations, implement life-saving emergency measures, and monitor the performance of the transportation process. As allowed by national law they may also provide oxygen, certain drugs, the puncture of peripheral veins and infusion of crystalloid solutions and perform endotracheal intubation if needed for the immediate prevention of threats for the life or health of an emergency patient.
Hospital porter: Hospital porters are professional healthcare assistants who transport people on stretchers around the hospital site, as well as and items.

Adapt to emergency care environment is optional for these occupations. This means knowing this skill may be an asset for career advancement if you are in one of these occupations.

References

1. Adapt to emergency care environment – ESCO