We are grateful to all those who completed the emergency oxygen audit in autumn 2009. 

The emergency oxygen audit tool is now available for local use via the BTS Audit Tool website available here. 

Emergency Oxygen Audit 2009

The national Emergency Oxygen Audit 2009 collected data from 16 October to 26 November 2009. A copy of the patient data form and ward summary data form is available here.  Online data entry took place via the BTS audit tool system (see link above).

The preliminary results of the 2009 audit were presented at the BTS Winter Meeting on 2 December 2009.  The following presentations are available to download:

Dr Ronan O'Driscoll's presentation which contains overall data from the 2009 and 2008 national audits.
Dr Tony Davison's presentation which contains information on how the audit results can be used on a local basis. 

Please note that in due course, users will be able to generate a report that compares their institution against the national dataset via the BTS Audit system (link above). In due course data from the 2008 audit will be added to the audit system to allow further comparisons.

Emergency Oxygen Audit 2008

The 2008 national audit was designed to collect data from hospitals across the country prior to the publication of the BTS guideline on emergency oxygen use in adult patients in October 2008. 

Preliminary results from the 2008 data collection were presented at the BTS Winter Meeting in December 2008 and Dr O'Driscoll's presentation to the meeting of Oxygen Champions is available here.

If you have any queries about this audit please contact: audittools@brit-thoracic.org.uk