RT Book, Section
A1 Blumen, Ira J.
A1 Thomas, Frank
A1 Williams, David
A2 Hall, Jesse B.
A2 Schmidt, Gregory A.
A2 Wood, Lawrence D.H.
SR Print(0)
ID 2293628
T1 Chapter 7. Transportation of the Critically Ill Patient
T2 Principles of Critical Care, 3e
YR 2005
FD 2005
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071416405
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=2293628
RD 2023/10/04
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,  use  of  appropriately  qualified  personnel,  selection  of  appropriate  transport  equipment,  and  proper  patient  evaluation  and  stabilization.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.