Module 1 — Foundation and safer practice
Responding to Red Flags and Safety Netting
Strengthen recognition of the deteriorating or seriously unwell patient, the confidence to escalate promptly and clear, specific safety netting that helps patients act appropriately when a condition changes or does not settle.
- 2 hours
- Live online or organisational delivery
- CPD certified
What the module covers
- Recognising deterioration and patterns that suggest serious or time-critical pathology
- A structured ABCDE approach to the unwell patient
- Escalation thresholds and who to involve, when
- SBAR handover and clear clinical communication
- What effective safety netting looks like in practice
- Communicating the expected course of an illness and managing clinical uncertainty
- Return and escalation triggers patients can recognise
- Documenting concern, safety netting advice and the actions taken
Learning outcomes
- Recognise clinical features that indicate deterioration or serious pathology
- Apply a structured ABCDE approach within scope of practice
- Describe appropriate escalation thresholds and routes, and deliver an SBAR handover
- Apply safety netting advice appropriate to the presentation and risk
- Document concerns, escalation and safety netting clearly and defensibly
How learning is applied
Learning is applied through short case discussion, structured reasoning around escalation decisions, practising SBAR handover and drafting safety netting wording for realistic presentations.
Intended audience
Pharmacists and healthcare professionals developing clinical assessment, reasoning, prescribing or governance capability.
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