Transfer of adults between intensive care units in the United Kingdom: postal survey

Dedicated ambulance 43 (22) 64 (35) Dedicated trolley 41 (21) 38 (21) Ventilator 188 (95) 129 (71) Defibrillator 183 (92) 146 (81) Electrocardiograph 195 (98) 165 (91) Box of transfer drug [dagger] 195 (98) 164 (91) Pulse oximetry 197 (99) - Non-invasive blood pressure 187 (94) - Invasive blood pres...

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Published in:BMJ 1997-05, Vol.314 (7092), p.1455-1456
Main Authors: Mackenzie, Peter A, Smith, Elizabeth A, Wallace, Peter G M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Adult care services
Adults
Anesthesia
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Bed Occupancy
Biological and medical sciences
Blood pressure
Critical Care
Emergency and intensive care: techniques, logistics
Hospital beds
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Humans
Intensive care
Intensive care medicine
Intensive care unit. Emergency transport systems. Emergency, hospital ward
Intensive Care Units
Medical equipment
Medical sciences
Patient Transfer
Patient transportation
Patients
Physicians
Pulmonary arteries
Referral and Consultation
Transportation of Patients
United Kingdom
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Summary:Dedicated ambulance 43 (22) 64 (35) Dedicated trolley 41 (21) 38 (21) Ventilator 188 (95) 129 (71) Defibrillator 183 (92) 146 (81) Electrocardiograph 195 (98) 165 (91) Box of transfer drug [dagger] 195 (98) 164 (91) Pulse oximetry 197 (99) - Non-invasive blood pressure 187 (94) - Invasive blood pressure 163 (82) - Central venous or pulmonary artery pressure 126 (64) End tidal carbon dioxide 48 (24) - Battery powered infusion devices 198 (100) *A 64% response rate.1 [dagger]For intubation, anaesthesia, and cardiovascular resuscitation. Comment On the basis of data from our survey and an audit of admissions to a regional neurosurgical unit 4 we estimate that the number of critically ill patients requiring secondary transport to adult intensive care units in Britain in 1994 exceeded 11 000.
ISSN:0959-8138
0959-8146
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.314.7092.1455