An intensive care trolley--an economical and versatile alternative to the mobile intensive care unit.
The concept of a mobile intensive care unit is not new. However, most of those described require modification of the ambulance which is to carry the equipment. We describe a lightweight, self-contained intensive care trolley which will fit into any of the front-line ambulances at present in service in our district.
D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000295:instrumentation; D001831:Body Temperature; D003422:Critical Care / Q000191:economics; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D010360:Patient Transfer; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000295:instrumentation; D013396:Suction; D013817:Thermography