Intrahospital transport of the critically ill adult: A standardized evaluation plan

Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 133-146

  Jones, Honey M ^a   Zychowicz, Michael E ^b   Champagne, Mary ^c   Thornlow, Deirdre K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Critical care; Intensive care units; Intrahospital; Patient transfer; Transportation of patients

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL AUDIT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NORTH CAROLINA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CRITICAL CARE NURSING; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICAL AUDIT; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT TRANSFER; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 84964059177     PISSN: 07304625     EISSN: 15388646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DCC.0000000000000176     Document Type: Article

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