Use of a specialized transport team for intrahospital transport of critically ill patients

Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2004 Sep-Oct;23(5):225-9. doi: 10.1097/00003465-200409000-00008.

Abstract

The transport of critically ill patients is challenging for nurses and patients alike. It is imperative that patient safety be the primary focus. The use of a specialized transport team can help to alleviate many of the adverse effects of the transport.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Critical Care / organization & administration*
  • Critical Illness / therapy
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Humans
  • Monitoring, Physiologic / methods
  • Monitoring, Physiologic / nursing
  • Nursing Assessment
  • Nursing Evaluation Research
  • Patient Care Team / organization & administration*
  • Professional Role
  • Transportation of Patients / organization & administration*