Intrahospital transport of neuro ICU patients

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Neuroscience intensive care unit (NICU) patients are frequently transported out of the critical care environment for diagnostic and interventional procedures. Four hundred and seventy-one such transports from seventeen clinical centers were studied to identify the characteristics of intrahospital transport. Data collected included the destination and duration of transport, number and type of personnel involved, changes in monitoring and treatment during transport, adverse patient responses and the impact on patients left in the unit. Differences between transports characterized as elective or emergent in nature were noted. Results validate that intrahospital transport of NICU patients is both time and labor intensive. The study also suggests that the optimal process for safe and efficient transport is yet to be designed.

Medical Subject Headings

Central Nervous System Diseases (nursing); Critical Care; Emergencies; Humans; Intensive Care Units; Monitoring, Physiologic (instrumentation, nursing); Patient Care Team (statistics & numerical data); Time Factors; Transportation of Patients (statistics & numerical data)

Publication Date

4-1-1995

Publication Title

The Journal of neuroscience nursing : journal of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses

ISSN

0888-0395

Volume

27

Issue

2

First Page

69

Last Page

77

PubMed ID

7622953

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1097/01376517-199504000-00003

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