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Intensive care patients in district hospitals. A case for transfer?
Author(s) -
Lavery G. G.,
Donnelly P. B.,
Dundee J. W.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1984.tb07372.x
Subject(s) - medicine , documentation , intensive care , medical emergency , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , computer science , programming language
Summary Patients, admitted and primarily treated in a rural hospital, who required varying periods of intensive care management have been reviewed. The criteria for transfer of such patients 10 more specialised units and the hazards associated with ambulance travel are discussed. We describe measures to reduce these hazards and also a scheme for more uniform documentation and follow‐up of such cases by the unaesthetist involved in primary care.