Patient Care Bridge--mobile ICU for transit care of the critically ill
| Autor: | Riddell T, Barker J, N J Maiden, Lindsay S, Nagappan R |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Intensive care monitoring Critical Care Ambulances MEDLINE Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Bridge (nautical) Patient care 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Critical care nursing Intensive care medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Intensive care medicine Transit (satellite) Monitoring Physiologic Ventilators Mechanical Critically ill business.industry 030208 emergency & critical care medicine Air Ambulances medicine.disease Intensive Care Units Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Transportation of Patients Medical emergency business |
| Zdroj: | Anaesthesia and intensive care. 28(6) |
| ISSN: | 0310-057X |
| Popis: | We describe the development and introduction of a Patient Care Bridge—a mobile ICU for the transit care of the critically ill. This stretcher-mounted Patient Care Bridge is being used for intensive transit care of the critically ill in Northland, New Zealand. It carries all the basic intensive care monitoring accoutrements, is lightweight and is suited for pre-hospital, inter-hospital and intra-hospital transit care. It is ideal for patient evacuation from the scene of motor vehicle and sporting accidents, surface transportation of patients by surface ambulance and aeroevacuation of patients by the Helicopter Emergency Medical Service. This economic and space efficient unit has been used for transfer of more than one thousand critically ill patients. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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