Abstract

Critically ill or injured patients often require specialized care. Regionalization of specialty services necessitates transport of patients from the scene of an accident to a trauma center or from one hospital to another (inter-facility) to receive specialized services, for example, trauma, cardiology or neurology. Debate exists regarding the selection of the transport team. No clear guidelines exist for critical care transport team selection (Swickard, Swickard, Reimer, Lindell, & Winkelman, 2014).

Author Details

Cheryl Riwitis, DNP, RN, FNP-BC, CEN, CFRN, TCRN, EMT-B, FAEN; Cynthia Bowers, DNP, RN, CNE

Sigma Membership

Beta Rho at-Large

Lead Author Affiliation

Indiana University Health LifeLine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Type

Poster

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Quality Improvement

Research Approach

Qualitative Research

Keywords:

Patient Transport, Specialized Care, Critical Care

Conference Name

Emergency Nursing 2020

Conference Host

Emergency Nurses Association

Conference Location

Virtual Event

Conference Year

2020

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Review Type

Abstract Review Only: Reviewed by Event Host

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Poster

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Team selection for critical care transport

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Critically ill or injured patients often require specialized care. Regionalization of specialty services necessitates transport of patients from the scene of an accident to a trauma center or from one hospital to another (inter-facility) to receive specialized services, for example, trauma, cardiology or neurology. Debate exists regarding the selection of the transport team. No clear guidelines exist for critical care transport team selection (Swickard, Swickard, Reimer, Lindell, & Winkelman, 2014).