What is a Treatment Escalation Plan (TEP)? A Treatment Escalation Plan (TEP) provides the opportunity for you and the doctors and nurses caring for you, to discuss and come to an agreement on your overall plan of care. The TEP details the treatment options you may or may not benefit from should your health condition deteriorate (get worse).
The Treatment Escalation Plan (TEP) is where all appropriate treatment options for the patient are laid out with a note made of those modalities which may be inappropriate.
Ideally the TEP and resuscitation decision should be made by the most senior medical clinician looking after the patient. However, if a more junior member of staff is completing the form it must be in consultation with their registrar or consultant and documented in the
What is a Treatment Escalation Plan? A Treatment Escalation Plan is used to record information discussed between you and your healthcare professionals. The Plan creates a personalised recommendation for your clinical care in emergency situations, where you are not able to make decisions or express your wishes yourself.
Treatment Escalation Plans - med.scot.nhs.uk
A Treatment Escalation Plan (TEP) is a tool which records and communicates the personalised and realistic goals of treatment. It should reflect the values and preferences that are important to the person receiving care if their condition should deteriorate.
The TEP form asks you questions that you can answer yes or no to. This leaflet will help you to try and understand the form and the decisions the doctors and nurses will be making with you, your family and carers.
We aim to make a plan, in consultation with the patient and their family, which encapsulates their informed wishes. This plan is documented as a “Treatment Escalation Plan” (TEP) and is filed in the notes. We also understand that some people find these kind of discussions distressing or even frightening.
Realistic Medicine - learn.nes.nhs.scot
A treatment escalation plan (TEP) is a tool which records and communicates the personalised and realistic goals of treatment. It should reflect the values and preferences that are important to the person receiving care if their condition should deteriorate.
NHSGGC Realistic Medicine TEP group May 2020 (review date November 2020) General Guidance Notes for the use of a Treatment Escalation Plan (TEP) with a structured approach to Realistic Conversations in
Patients who may benefit from a TEP when admitted to hospital include those with: • Risk of deterioration or instability • Very severe frailty, completely dependent for ADLs