CASMEET is a

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acronym used by

emergency medical service Emergency medical services (EMS), also known as ambulance services, pre-hospital care or paramedic services, are emergency services that provide urgent pre-hospital treatment and stabilisation for serious illness and injuries and transport to ...

s to communicate the important details of a patient over to an emergency control centre, receiving

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, or other definitive care provider. A CASMEET message can be sent in order to pre-alert a receiving

emergency department An emergency department (ED), also known as an accident and emergency department (A&E), emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW) or casualty department, is a medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine, the Acute (medicine), ...

that a critically ill patient is being brought in. It can be used as an alternative to

ASHICE ASHICE is one of several mnemonic acronyms used by emergency medical services in the United Kingdom and Ireland to pass summarised advance details of a patient to the next group of persons or organisation dealing with them, otherwise known as a "P ...

Meaning of the acronym

The acronym is used to pass all the most vital details of the patient to the receiving hospital in order to ensure staff have all the appropriate equipment and staff assembled and prepared. *Callsign of the vehicle/unit responding *Age — patient's age *Sex — whether the patient is male or female *Mechanism/Mode — the mechanism of injury or the mode of illness *Examination — the clinical findings from the initial assessment of the patient *ETA — estimated time of arrival *Treatment — any treatment that has already been provided

Other uses

CASMEET can also be used when handing over a patient from one level of pre-hospital care to another -- for example, from first responder to paramedic.

References

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