Abstract

Intra-hospital transports (IHT) are high risk events with potential for adverse patient outcomes. The care of a patient in our emergency department (ED) needing IHT to the intensive care unit (ICU) identified opportunities for improving IHT safety. We are unaware of any published IHT guidelines to facilitate safe transport in pediatric hospitals.

Author Details

Cecilia Sotomayor, BSN, RN, CPEN; Paul Mullan, MD, MPH; April Venn, MD; Andrea Jennings, BSN, RN; Sandip Godambe, MD, PhD; Faiqa Qureshi, MD

Sigma Membership

Non-member

Lead Author Affiliation

Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, Norfolk, Virginia, USA

Type

Poster

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Quality Improvement

Research Approach

Mixed/Multi Method Research

Keywords:

Intra-hospital Transports, Patient Safety, Emergency Department

Conference Name

Emergency Nursing 2020

Conference Host

Emergency Nurses Association

Conference Location

Virtual Event

Conference Year

2020

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Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Poster

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Implementation of an intra-hospital transport safety checklist in a pediatric emergency department

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Intra-hospital transports (IHT) are high risk events with potential for adverse patient outcomes. The care of a patient in our emergency department (ED) needing IHT to the intensive care unit (ICU) identified opportunities for improving IHT safety. We are unaware of any published IHT guidelines to facilitate safe transport in pediatric hospitals.