RT Book, Section
A1 Blumen, Ira J.
A1 McCartin, Michael
A1 Schaper, Candice
A2 Schmidt, Gregory A.
A2 Kress, John P.
A2 Douglas, Ivor S.
SR Print(0)
ID 1201798842
T1 Transport of the Critically Ill Patient
T2 Hall, Schmidt and Wood’s Principles of Critical Care, 5<sup>th</sup> Edition
YR 2023
FD 2023
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264264353
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1201798842
RD 2023/12/10
AB The  objective  of  critical  care  transport  is  to  provide  an  equivalent  or  higher  degree  of  monitoring  and  medical  care  than  the  patient  was  receiving  prior  to  transport.Each  contemplated  transport  requires  an  evaluation  of  the  risks  and  benefits  of  the  transport.The  risks  to  the  patient  during  interhospital  and  intrahospital  transport  can  be  minimized  through  careful  planning,  written  policies  and  guidelines,  use  of  appropriately  qualified  and  trained  personnel,  selection  of  appropriate  transport  equipment,  continuous  patient  monitoring,  evaluation,  stabilization,  teamwork,  and  situational  awareness.For  interfacility  transport,  the  referring  physician  is  responsible  for  the  transport-related  decisions.  It  is  common  and  appropriate  for  the  receiving  physician  or  critical  care  transport  specialist  to  make  recommendations  regarding  the  mode  of  transport  or  need  for  specialty  personnel  or  equipment.