title: [Interhospital transfer--clinical approach: equipment, risks and complications].
abstract: Interhospital transfers are an integral part of German health care system and a prerequisite to provide specialist investigation, management and best possible outcome for all patients irrespective of regional differences in medical care. In order to reduce transport associated risks to a minimum, adequate specialized transport teams and modern equipped transport vehicles are needed better and better adapted to regional and demographic changes.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Anästhesiologie mit Schwerpunkt operative Intensivmedizin der Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Charité Mitte und Campus Virchow-Klinikum. christoph.melzer-gartzke@charite.de
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Melzer-Gartzke
mesh_terms: D000552:Ambulances / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D010360:Patient Transfer / Q000379:methods*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014187:Transportation of Patients / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control*