Complications in critically ill adult patients’ transportations reported in the recent literature
The transport of critically ill patients is a complex process, made up by several phases involving the healthcare professionals. It requires a careful planning for the prevention of potential complications undermining the patients’ safety outside critical care environment. Literature review about co...
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| description | The transport of critically ill patients is a complex process, made up by several phases involving the healthcare professionals. It requires a careful planning for the prevention of potential complications undermining the patients’ safety outside critical care environment. Literature review about complications and adverse events reported during intra and inter-hospital transport of critically ill adult patients. Intra-hospital transfers are affected by adverse events rates ranging from 22.2 to 75.7% in the published literature. Major adverse events, defined as life threatening conditions that require urgent therapeutic intervention, vary from 4.2 to 31%. Death is a rare occurrence. Adverse events during interhospital have a maximum rate of 34%. Technical incidents represent a typical feature of these transports. Authors reported problems to gas supply, ambulance electric system, equipment. There is a lack of studies about the complications related to rotary wing inter-hospital transports. While extracorporeal membrane oxygenation/extracorporeal life support patients seem to be the most complex category of critically ill to be transported outside the hospital, 11 papers revealed only 29 adverse events ranging from 0 to 17%. No deaths were recorded. Currently, research must explore more accurately how much transports affect the outcome of patients, and what are the most appropriate time-frames to assess the consequences of transfers on patients’ clinical conditions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6afc9c1f9c9f499a8690843ad541e0752022-12-22T03:01:56ZengPAGEPress PublicationsEmergency Care Journal1826-98262015-06-0111110.4081/ecj.2015.47814323Complications in critically ill adult patients’ transportations reported in the recent literatureStefano Bambi0Alberto Lucchini1Diego Innocenti2Elisa Mattiussi3Emergency Intensive Care Unit, Careggi University Hospital, FlorenceGeneral Intensive Care Unit, Emergency Department, San Gerardo Hospital, MonzaCareggi University Hospital, FlorenceAnesthesia and Intensive Care, Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital, UdineThe transport of critically ill patients is a complex process, made up by several phases involving the healthcare professionals. It requires a careful planning for the prevention of potential complications undermining the patients’ safety outside critical care environment. Literature review about complications and adverse events reported during intra and inter-hospital transport of critically ill adult patients. Intra-hospital transfers are affected by adverse events rates ranging from 22.2 to 75.7% in the published literature. Major adverse events, defined as life threatening conditions that require urgent therapeutic intervention, vary from 4.2 to 31%. Death is a rare occurrence. Adverse events during interhospital have a maximum rate of 34%. Technical incidents represent a typical feature of these transports. Authors reported problems to gas supply, ambulance electric system, equipment. There is a lack of studies about the complications related to rotary wing inter-hospital transports. While extracorporeal membrane oxygenation/extracorporeal life support patients seem to be the most complex category of critically ill to be transported outside the hospital, 11 papers revealed only 29 adverse events ranging from 0 to 17%. No deaths were recorded. Currently, research must explore more accurately how much transports affect the outcome of patients, and what are the most appropriate time-frames to assess the consequences of transfers on patients’ clinical conditions.http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ecj/article/view/4781Severe acute respiratory syndromeExtracorporeal membrane oxygenationTransportation of patientsMobile emergency unit |
| spellingShingle | Stefano Bambi Alberto Lucchini Diego Innocenti Elisa Mattiussi Complications in critically ill adult patients’ transportations reported in the recent literature Emergency Care Journal Severe acute respiratory syndrome Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation Transportation of patients Mobile emergency unit |
| title | Complications in critically ill adult patients’ transportations reported in the recent literature |
| title_full | Complications in critically ill adult patients’ transportations reported in the recent literature |
| title_fullStr | Complications in critically ill adult patients’ transportations reported in the recent literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Complications in critically ill adult patients’ transportations reported in the recent literature |
| title_short | Complications in critically ill adult patients’ transportations reported in the recent literature |
| title_sort | complications in critically ill adult patients transportations reported in the recent literature |
| topic | Severe acute respiratory syndrome Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation Transportation of patients Mobile emergency unit |
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