Safety Hazards During Intrahospital Transport

Keeping patients safe during intrahospital transport.

Interruption of therapy during intrahospital transport of non-ICU patients

Background: International literature review has shown that intrahospital transports are not always performed safely and are very often accompanied by serious complications. The aim of the present study was to determine the frequency of interruption of the applied treatment during transport of non‐ICU patients. Method and Material: It was an observational study consisted ...

Intrahospital transport of critically ill patients.

Intrahospital transport of critically ill patients must be considered as part of the critical care continuum. The level of care provided must be commensurate with the severity of illness. These transfers are intensive in terms of utilization of personnel and resources. Advance preparation and optimal coordination of the transport process go a long way toward safer transfers of the critically ill.

Temporary Safety Hazards

The Epistemic Objection says that certain theories of time (like the “growing block” and “moving spotlight”) imply that it is impossible to know which time is absolutely present. Standard presentations of the Epistemic Objection are elliptical—and some of the most natural premises one might fill in to complete the argument end up leading to radical skepticism. But there is a way of filling in t...

Mishaps during intrahospital transport of patients from emergency department - a mixed bag of patients

Methods A prospective observational study of consecutive patients presenting to ED between 1st November 2014 to 27th February 2015 was conducted after institutional ethical committee clearance. Inclusion criteria included all patients requiring transport within or outside the ED for diagnostic or therapeutic interventions and to inpatient sites like ICU.Patients with incomplete data were exclud...