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Article D6124-137 of the French Public Health Code

The medical staff working in a neurosurgery inpatient unit include:

1° At least two qualified doctors specialising in neurosurgery ;

2° Anaesthetists on the basis of a protocol agreed with the neurosurgeons;

3° Qualified doctors specialising in other disciplines for non-operative care activities to ensure the management of neurosurgical patients as required.

In addition to nurses and care assistants, the non-medical staff working on a daily basis in neurosurgery hospital units include physiotherapists and, where necessary, a speech therapist, an occupational therapist, a social worker and a psychologist.

For each neurosurgery operation, the paramedical staff includes at least two nurses or protected interventional unit nurses.

For each intracranial and extracranial radiosurgery operation under stereotactic conditions, the staff includes at least :

1° A neurosurgeon ;

2° A neuroradiologist ;

3° A radiotherapist ;

4° A radiophysicist;

5° Where necessary, an anaesthetist assisted by a nurse anaesthetist, a nurse or protected interventional nurse, a medical electroradiology technician and a neurophysiology technician.

Original in French 🇫🇷
Article D6124-137

Le personnel médical intervenant dans une unité d’hospitalisation de neurochirurgie comprend :

1° Au moins deux médecins qualifiés spécialistes en neurochirurgie ;

2° Des anesthésistes-réanimateurs sur la base d’un protocole conclu avec les neurochirurgiens ;

3° Des médecins qualifiés spécialistes d’autres disciplines pour les activités de soins non opératoires pour assurer en tant que de besoin la prise en charge des patients de neurochirurgie.

Outre le personnel infirmier et aide-soignant, le personnel non médical intervenant quotidiennement dans les unités d’hospitalisation de neurochirurgie comprend des masseurs-kinésithérapeutes et en tant que de besoin un orthophoniste, un ergothérapeute, un assistant social, un psychologue.

Pour chaque intervention de neurochirurgie, le personnel paramédical comprend au moins deux infirmiers ou infirmiers de bloc interventionnel protégé.

Pour chaque intervention de radiochirurgie intracrânienne et extracrânienne en conditions stéréotaxiques, le personnel comprend au moins :

1° Un neurochirurgien ;

2° Un neuroradiologue ;

3° Un radiothérapeute ;

4° Un radiophysicien ;

5° En tant que de besoin, un anesthésiste-réanimateur assisté d’un infirmier anesthésiste, un infirmier ou infirmier de bloc interventionnel protégé, un manipulateur d’électroradiologie médicale, un technicien de neurophysiologie.

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