OBJECTIVES: To assess recent advances in interfacility critical care transport. DATA
SOURCES: PubMed English language publications plus chapters and professional …

Regionalization of emergency medical care aims to provide consistent and efficient high-
quality care leading to optimal clinical outcomes by matching patient needs with appropriate …

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Background Emergency general surgery (EGS) admissions account for more than three
million hospitalizations in the US annually; and interhospital transfers (IHTs) are costly. We …

The goal of modern health care is to improve outcomes and reduce costs. Centralisation,
defined as the reorganisation of healthcare services into fewer specialised units, is one of …

Background Emergency general surgery (EGS) encompasses high-risk patients undergoing
high-risk procedures. Admission source, particularly interhospital transfer, is rarely …

Transport of critically ill patients within and between hospitals is a common undertaking in
an effort to improve patient outcomes. Intrahospital transports are frequently conducted to …

Introduction: Hypotension is a critical event during the transport of critically ill patients. Push
dose vasopressor use, though widely adopted by anesthesiologists, has only recently found …

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate if paramedics can safely transfer
interfacility critically ill adult patients and to determine the prevalence and types of adverse …

Patients who require mechanical ventilation in the prehospital and emergency department
environments experience high mortality and are at high risk of ventilator-associated …