Sign out tools
Overview
In Emergency Medicine, we sign out very frequently relative to other fields.
Indications
Contraindications
Equipment Needed
Procedure
The I-PASS mnemonic provides a framework for the patient handoff process as follows:
I: Illness severity
P: Patient summary
A: Action list
S: Situation awareness and contingency planning
S: Synthesis by receiver
Complications
See Also
External Links
References
Amy J. Starmer, Nancy D. Spector, Rajendu Srivastava, April D. Allen, Christopher P. Landrigan, Theodore C. Sectish, the I-PASS Study Group. I-PASS, a Mnemonic to Standardize Verbal Handoffs.Pediatrics February 2012, VOLUME 129 / ISSUE 2