title: [Ambulance transportation guidelines].
abstract: Inter-hospital transportation poses potential risks to staff and patients. The present guidelines recommend competency-based management dictated by the patient's clinical condition and medical requirements during transfer. The guidelines aim to: 1) improve patient and staff safety during transport, 2) minimize the occurrence of adverse events during transport, 3) ensure that accompanying staff are trained for and skilled in transfer and retrieval medicine and 4) encourage optimal utilisation of available competencies without unnecessarily draining hospital resources.
authors.affiliation: Akutlaegebil Nordsjaelland, Anaestesiologisk Afdeling, Hillerød Hospital, 3400 Hillerød, Denmark. peter.berlac@dadlnet.dk
authors.forename: Peter Anthony
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Berlac
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wammen
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giebner
authors.forename: Annemarie Bondegaard
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Thomsen
authors.forename: Søren
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mikkelsen
mesh_terms: D000552:Ambulances / Q000592:standards; D000776:Anesthesiology; D016638:Critical Illness; D003718:Denmark; D004634:Emergency Medical Technicians; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation; D009719:Nurse Anesthetists; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011361:Professional Competence; D012308:Risk Management; D012449:Safety; D017216:Telemedicine; D014187:Transportation of Patients / Q000592:standards; D000078329:Workforce