19th April 2022

You are working a night shift, covering the medical wards

You are working a night shift, covering the medical wards. Your colleague, one of the new FY1 doctors, bleeps you – they are very upset because they had a “near miss” in which they nearly inserted an intravenous cannula into the wrong patient. They tell you they had prepared all the equipment, and were about to do the procedure, when a member of the nursing team intervened – who then chastised them for their mistake.

Which of the following is the most appropriate course of action?

Select the SINGLE most appropriate option from the list below. Select ONE option only.