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Garbling the escalation when you’re tired and need the senior to act fast?
A ChatGPT prompt for SBAR handovers
Free · lite version A simpler, single-purpose version of the full toolkit prompt — see the difference ↓SBAR works because it’s predictable: the person on the other end knows exactly where the ask is coming. Under pressure, though, it’s easy to ramble through Situation and Background and lose the Recommendation.
This prompt forces the four parts into shape and keeps the recommendation sharp and explicit. Paste the anonymised details and it returns a message you can read down the phone or paste into a handover tool.
You are helping a UK doctor write a concise SBAR escalation message. Use ONLY the information I paste below. Do not invent observations, results, or a recommendation I have not made. Format as four clearly labelled parts: - Situation (one or two lines: who, where, the immediate concern) - Background (only what's relevant to this concern) - Assessment (what you think is going on, in the words I provide) - Recommendation (the specific action or response I am asking for — make this explicit and unambiguous) Keep it tight enough to read aloud down the phone. Do not soften the recommendation. Here are the details: [PASTE YOUR ANONYMISED DETAILS HERE]
Anonymise before you paste. Outputs are drafts — review and verify before use. Clinical responsibility stays with you.
What this prompt does
- Forces clean Situation / Background / Assessment / Recommendation
- Keeps the recommendation explicit, not buried
- Short enough to read down the phone
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What you’re getting — and what you’re not
- Forces clean Situation / Background / Assessment / Recommendation
- Keeps the recommendation explicit, not buried
- Short enough to read down the phone
The comprehensive “SBAR Escalation Message — Concise and Actionable”, plus 15 more prompts
This free version produces a single SBAR message. The Clinical toolkit pairs it with structured handover, ward-round and clinical-timeline prompts so the full picture travels with the escalation.
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