ASHICE is mnemonic acronym used by emergency medical services to pass the important details of a patient over to a receiving hospital

Hospital

A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....

, or other definitive care provider.

The word is treated as a noun by ambulances crews, who refer to 'passing an ASHICE'. The passing of an ASHICE message is generally undertaken in order to pre-alert a receiving emergency department

Emergency department

An emergency department , also known as accident & emergency , emergency room , emergency ward , or casualty department is a medical treatment facility specialising in acute care of patients who present without prior appointment, either by their own means or by ambulance...

 that a critically ill patient is being brought in

Meaning of the acronym

The acronym is used to pass all the most vital details of the patient to the receiving hospital in order to ensure staff have all the appropriate equipment and staff assembled and prepared.

• Age — Patient's age
• Sex — Whether the patient is male or female
• History — What has happened to the patient (e.g. collapsed in street)
• Injuries/illness — What injuries have been sustained, or what illness symptoms are presenting
• Condition — Observations of the patient (pulse
  Pulse
  In medicine, one's pulse represents the tactile arterial palpation of the heartbeat by trained fingertips. The pulse may be palpated in any place that allows an artery to be compressed against a bone, such as at the neck , at the wrist , behind the knee , on the inside of the elbow , and near the...
  
  , BP
  Blood pressure
  Blood pressure is the pressure exerted by circulating blood upon the walls of blood vessels, and is one of the principal vital signs. When used without further specification, "blood pressure" usually refers to the arterial pressure of the systemic circulation. During each heartbeat, BP varies...
  
   etc.), interventions used (Cannulation, Intubation
  Intubation
  Tracheal intubation, usually simply referred to as intubation, is the placement of a flexible plastic or rubber tube into the trachea to maintain an open airway or to serve as a conduit through which to administer certain drugs...
  
  etc.)
• ETA — Estimated Time of Arrival to the hospital

Other uses

ASHICE is also taught as the basis of handing over a patient at hospital, or for community responders handing over to arriving ambulance crews (although the ETA is not required here).