A shaky handover loses the room in the first ten seconds. This card puts two proven frameworks in your pocket — SBAR to hand over clearly under pressure, and SAMPLE to take a fast, complete history — each with a worked pre-hospital example you can lift straight into a pre-alert.
What's on the card
SBAR — Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation, with prompts under each letter SAMPLE — Signs & symptoms, Allergies, Medications, Past medical history, Last oral intake, Events leading up A worked handover example for each framework (a query-STEMI pre-alert) Plain prompts so nothing gets missed when the pressure's on
Details
Single laminated pocket card, double-sided, standard pocket size (86 × 54 mm). Wipe-clean and hard-wearing. Aligned to UK pre-hospital practice.
Who it's for
Student paramedics, paramedics and nurses — anyone giving a handover, calling a pre-alert or taking a history, and students revising for OSCEs.
An educational and quick-reference aid — not a medical device. Always follow your local handover and clinical guidelines.
