[Ambulance transportation guidelines].
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.
Berlac
Peter Anthony
PA
Akutlaegebil Nordsjaelland, Anaestesiologisk Afdeling, Hillerød Hospital, 3400 Hillerød, Denmark. peter.berlac@dadlnet.dk
Wammen
Susanne
S
Giebner
Matthias
M
Thomsen
Annemarie Bondegaard
AB
Mikkelsen
Søren
S
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