Paddington Alcohol Test for Early Identification of Alcohol Misuse

There are a variety of tools which can help to determine early identifiation with regards to alcohol misuse.  One of those is the PAT Test, (Paddington Alcohol Test).

St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, won the inaugural national 'Hubcapp Project of the Year' 2010 award - Hub of Commissioned Alcohol Projects and Policies www.hubcapp.org.uk/gwaq. 

Hubcapp is an online resource of local alcohol initiatives throughout England, commissioned by the Department of Health and is part of its Alcohol Improvement Program.

For more information on PAT and to view some free papers related to this topic please see the references listed below:

1. Touquet R, Csipke E, Holloway P, Brown A, Patel T, Seddon AJ, Gulati P, Moore H, Batrick N, Crawford MJ.  Resuscitation Room blood alcohol concentrations: one-year cohort study.  Emergency Medicine Journal 2008; 25: 752-6

http://emj.bmj.com/content/25/11/752.short?keytype=ref&ijkey=ObfG2ppgeG5Gwwr

2. Touqyet R, Brown A, PAT(2009) - Revisions to the PAT early identification of Alcohol Misuse and Brief Advice.  Alcohol & Alcoholism 2009; 44: 284-6.

http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/agp016?ijkey=HImeNEO7f6izT0F&keytype=ref