Medical aspects of fitness to drive

Medical aspects of fitness to drive.

The paper considers the question of fitness to drive after the use of anaesthetics and other drugs and makes suggestions concerning the advice which anaesthetists should give to patients beofre an anaesthetic is administered.

Medical aspects of fitness to drive. Assessments should be independent.

BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA FITNESS TO DRIVE AFTER ANAESTHESIA Sir,—In the third edition of Medical Aspects of Fitness to Drive (published by the Medical Commission on Accident

Sir,—In the third edition of Medical Aspects of Fitness to Drive (published by the Medical Commission on Accident Prevention), Dr J. A. Havard, Deputy Secretary, B.M.A. writes, "With most general anaesthetics, it is safer to advise against driving for 48 hours afterwards." The apparent divergence of this advice from usual practice in Britain, coupled with the eminence of the author, has occasio...

Neurologic conditions: assessing medical fitness to drive.

Clinicians are often asked to make an assessment on whether a patient is medically fit to drive, even though few have been formally trained in this area. Driving is a complex task that requires having adequate operational, cognitive and higher executive functions that work together. These functions can be compromised to a greater or lesser extent in neurological disorders, such as stroke, traum...

Medical aspects of fitness to drive. What do public hospital doctors know and think?

BACKGROUND In Australia medical practitioners are often required to assume the responsibility for assessing fitness to drive. However the clinical practice, knowledge and attitudes of doctors with regards to this responsibility are unknown. The aim of this study was to determine the clinical practice, knowledge and attitudes of public hospital doctors in the area of fitness-to-drive decision-ma...