title: Development of an advanced life support patient transfer training program.
abstract: Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital is relatively isolated from major military or civilian medical centers. Patients there who require a higher level of care are transferred to tertiary facilities. It is standard for nurses or physicians to accompany patients requiring Advanced Cardiac Life Support care during transfer to another facility. A 2-day course was developed to provide nurses and physicians with advanced training in caring for patients during transport. The purpose was to develop a pool of nurses and other health care providers who would be trained and experienced as medical attendants on ground ambulance, rotary-wing aircraft, and fixed-wing aircraft. Nurses were awarded 16.6 contact hours of continuing education, and the course has been submitted for continuing medical education units. On after-action reports, students indicated favorable results but needed more scenario and intubation training. The course is being offered quarterly, has been updated, and continues to be evaluated.
authors.affiliation: Raymond W. Bliss Army Health Center, Fort Huachuca, AZ 85613, USA.
authors.forename: N W
authors.initials: NW
authors.lastname: Page
mesh_terms: D017732:Air Ambulances; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006772:Hospitals, Military; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000193:education*; D008888:Military Nursing / Q000193:education*; D010360:Patient Transfer; D014187:Transportation of Patients; D014481:United States