Senior Resident - Critical Care

Role & responsibilities

• They are expected to perform admission histories, physical examinations, and develop an initial differential diagnosis, plan of treatment and write appropriate orders on patients admitted to their service.
• During the course of the patients hospitalization, the attending consultant is expected to write daily progress notes at a frequency depending on the nature of the patient illness &, concerning the patient’s hospital course and to communicate daily with the Consultant / senior consultant.
• During the patient’s hospitalization, when changes in treatment plan or in diagnosis are considered, the attending physician is expected to communicate with the Consultant and to write a note in the hospital record.
• Decisions concerning patient care management, including responsibility for writing and/or approving orders, rest ultimately with the Consultant.
• In emergency situations, the attending consultant should respond immediately to correct the acute emergency needs of the patient.
• As soon as possible, the Consultant is to be notified by the attending physician of the condition of his or her patient.
• Any statement made in the medical record by the attending consultant may be changed by the Consultant and initialed.

When handing over of patients at end of shift, proper documentation and progress of patient is to be noted