Category: Emergency Medic

If a casualty requires handover to further care, then ensuring that the handover is efficient and complete is critical to ensure that the casualty can get on their way to further care quickly. One way to do this, is to use a well known standard format. Some organisations may simply follow the “ABCDE” of the primary survey and detail what was found during each stage, however a very common handover format is the “ATMIST”.