Interhospital critical care transports: a safe trip indeed!

The Stockholm experience: interhospital transports on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

INTRODUCTION In severe respiratory and/or circulatory failure, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) may be a lifesaving procedure. Specialized departments provide ECMO, and these patients often have to be transferred for treatment. Conventional transportation is hazardous, and deaths have been described. Only a few centers have performed more than 100 ECMO transports. To date, our mobile ...

Short-term outcomes and mortality after interhospital intensive care transportation: an observational prospective cohort study of 368 consecutive transports with a mobile intensive care unit

OBJECTIVES To evaluate short-term outcomes and mortality after interhospital transportation of intensive care patients performed by a mobile intensive care unit (MICU). SETTING This study was performed in the tertiary care process of interhospital transportation using the local MICU system in the South East of the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS Between March 2009 and December 2011, all transport...

Transfers of Critical Care Patients Using Wireless Technologies to Improve Information Flow for Interhospital

Using wireless technologies to improve information flow for interhospital transfers of critical care patients.

Yan Xiao is an associate professor of anesthesiology and information systems and a special member of the faculty of the school of business at the University of Maryland, College Park. He received his doctoral degree in human factors from the University of Toronto in 1994. To contact Dr. Xiao, e-mail [email protected]. nologies are not readily available during transport of critically ill patie...

Safe travelling . A trip to Australia and South Pacific Islands

Introduction: Nowadays more and more people travel to Australia and the South Pacific Islands. These distant countries are attractive for their exoticism, different culture and unique fauna and flora. Travellers to the islands of Oceania are exposed to many risks, some not found in Europe. Therefore, thorough preparation before a trip to this distant territory is essential. Aim: The aim of the ...