Adam Lloyd
Video recording in the emergency department: a pathway to success
Lloyd, Adam; Lowe, David John; Edgar, Simon; Caesar, Dave; Dewar, Alistair; Clegg, Gareth R
Authors
David John Lowe
Simon Edgar
Dave Caesar
Alistair Dewar
Gareth R Clegg
Abstract
At the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in Scotland, we video record all patients who are admitted into the ED resuscitation rooms as part of our continuous video audit system. Since installation in late 2015, numerous EDs from across the UK and abroad have repeatedly asked us the same questions: how did you do this; how did you ‘get past ethics’; how do you get consent.
The consistent problem for EDs wishing to integrate video is not the lack of supportive studies reporting video use; video-based studies have assessed the full spectrum of ED care, including communication during consultations,1 family–staff interactions2 and time-critical resuscitations.3 The problem is that there is scarce guidance on how EDs can navigate the processes that will allow them to progress with their own programme of work.4
Here, we report on our experience of the practical issues associated with video implementation, such as legality, ethics, data protection and staff acceptance, as these are the issues that are regularly cited as reasons why video is not used.5 6 By focusing on these, we can start to answer the questions above that are pertinent to all EDs that pursue video audit and move towards video becoming an essential part of care delivery.
Why video?
Video assessment has consistently shown to be a precise method of improving in clinical practice,7 8 as well as offering a level of analytical detail that is difficult to achieve with traditional observational techniques. For example, a study measuring the standard of paediatric trauma resuscitations found that compared with video assessment, routine medical record review only detected 20% of errors
Citation
Lloyd, A., Lowe, D. J., Edgar, S., Caesar, D., Dewar, A., & Clegg, G. R. (2017). Video recording in the emergency department: a pathway to success. Emergency Medicine Journal, 34(9), 628-630. https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2017-206731
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | May 26, 2017 |
Online Publication Date | Jun 28, 2017 |
Publication Date | 2017-09 |
Deposit Date | Nov 28, 2018 |
Journal | Emergency Medicine Journal |
Print ISSN | 1472-0205 |
Electronic ISSN | 1472-0213 |
Publisher | BMJ Publishing Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 34 |
Issue | 9 |
Pages | 628-630 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2017-206731 |
Keywords | Video recording, clinical practice, emergency departments, critical care, |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1286660 |
Publisher URL | https://emj.bmj.com/content/34/9/628 |
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