Table 1 Synopsis of investigations studying overall and specific complications during transport
From: Equipment review: Intrahospital transport of critically ill patients
| Reference | No. of | No. of | Destination of | Rate of | Circulatory | Pulmonary | Equipment | Type of ventilation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| patients | transports | transports | mishaps | mishaps | mishaps | mishaps | personnel | |
| [3] | 11 Postoperative | 11 | Radiol 11% | 0% | 0 | NR | NR | Manual ventilation in |
| 7 of 11, Personnel NR | ||||||||
| [4] | 139 Children | 180 | Radiol 30% | 76.1% | HR 46.7% | RR 28.9% | 10% | Manual ventilation |
| OR 49% | BP 21.1% | SaO2 6.1% | Nurse and physician 82.2% | |||||
| Others 21% | Hypothermia 10% | Nurse only 17.8% | ||||||
| [5] | 27 Head injured | 35 | Radiol 51% | 51% | Hypotension 9% | Hypoxia 9% | NR | Mechanical ventilator |
| OR 49% | Rise in ICP 23% | Personnel NR | ||||||
| Hypertension 14% | ||||||||
| [6] | NR | 127 | Radiol 75% | 34% | NR | NR | 34% | Type of ventilation NR |
| (all critically ill) | OR 25% | Nurse and physician 45% | ||||||
| Nurse and respiratory | ||||||||
| therapist 58% | ||||||||
| [7] | 56 Injured | 103 | Radiol 100% | 68% | HR 21% | RR 20% | 0% | Mechanical ventilation |
| BP 40% | SaO2 17% | Nurse and physician | ||||||
| [8] | 83 | 100 | Radiol 100% | 66% | HR 27% | RR 20% | 5% | Mechanical ventilation |
| Surgical/trauma | BP 36% | SaO2 2% | Nurse, physician and | |||||
| respiratory therapist | ||||||||
| [9] | 175 Surgical | 203 | Radiol 61% | 5.9% | Hypotension 1% | Hypoxia 4% | NR | Mechanical or manual ventilation |
| OR 39% | Cardiac arrest 1.5% | Physician and respiratory therapist | ||||||
| [10] | 237 All critically ill | 237 | Radiol 100% | 15.5% | NR | NR | NR | Specially trained nursing |
| transport team | ||||||||
| [11] | 36 All critically ill | 36 | Radiol 100% | 53% | Arrhythmia 5.5% | NR | 11% | Mechanical ventilation |
| [12] | 20 Medical/surgical | 20 | Radiol 100% | 10% | 0% | 10% | 0% | Manual ventilation |
| Respiratory therapist | ||||||||
| [13] | 20 Medical/surgical | 36 | Radiol 100% | NR | Hypotension 19% | Change in pCO2 56% | 5.5% | Manual ventilation in 20 of 36 |
| Arrhythmia 5.5% | Nurse, physician and | |||||||
| respiratory therapist |
