title: Is your patient ready for transport? Developing an ICU patient transport decision scorecard.
abstract: Transport of patients from the intensive care unit (ICU) to another area of the hospital can pose serious risks if the patient has not been assessed prior to transport. Recently, the Department of Critical Care Medicine, Calgary Health Region, experienced two adverse events during transport. A subgroup of the Department's Patient Safety and Adverse Events team developed an ICU patient transport decision scorecard. This tool was tested through Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles and further revised using human factors principles. Staff, especially novice nurses, found the tool extremely useful in determining patient preparedness for transport.
authors.affiliation: Calgary Health Region, Foothills Medical Centre, AB. rosmin.esmail@calgaryhealthregion.ca
authors.forename: Rosmin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Esmail
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Banack
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cummings
authors.forename: Judy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Duffett-Martin
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rimmer
authors.forename: Jonas
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shultz
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Thurber
authors.forename: Terrance
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hulme
mesh_terms: D000416:Alberta; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010360:Patient Transfer / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development; D017751:Safety Management