ABC of Transfer and Retrieval Medicine provides the key information
required to help health care professionals involved in the movement of
critically ill patients to do so safely, correctly and with confidence.
Beginning with the practical and clinical considerations to be taken
into account during patient transfer and an overview of transfer
equipment, it then addresses pharmacological aspects of patient
transfer, the roles and responsibilities of the transfer team, and the
requirements of neonatal, paediatric and specialist transfers.
Mapped against the syllabus for the Diploma of Retrieval and Transfer
Medicine (Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh), it has been developed
as a core resource for the diploma whilst providing an invaluable
resource for any healthcare professional involved in the transfer of
critically ill patients including anaesthetists, intensivists, nurses
from ICU/ED and paramedics. It also includes frameworks for radiology
and arterial blood gas interpretation, guidance on patient triage,
transfer checklists and equipment checklists, and a summary of the
relevant national guidelines.
From a multidisciplinary international author team, this new addition to
the ABC series is a useful resource for all health care professionals
involved in the transfer of patients. It is relevant to anaesthetists,
intensivists, paramedics, critical care and emergency department nursing
staff who are required to take part in intra and inter hospital
transfers.
