Medical air transport for the critically ill adult patient
Section: Hands on
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Torralbo Aranda E, Quesada Pérez M. Transporte aéreo sanitario del paciente adulto crítico. Metas de Enferm may 2006; 9(4): 50-55
Authors
1Encarnación Torralbo Aranda, 2Mª Teresa Quesada Pérez
Position
1Máster de Enfermería en Emergencias Sanitarias, Universidad de Sevilla. SAMU (Sevilla).2Diplomada en Enfermería. Coordinadora docente del Máster en Enfermería de la Universidad de Sevilla. SAMU (Sevilla).
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Abstract
The progressive implantation of emergency services in our society, as a result of the high demand for healthcare at the site where the accidents occur, has changed the idea of medical transportation, going from “to transport to safe a live” to “safe a life and then to transport”.
The transportation of the patient in an air transportation system requires specific care derived from a critical situation and the actual characteristics of the used transportation mode.
This paper presents a classification of air means that have gone from being rudimentary aerostatic balloons to sophisticated pressurised/non-pressurised aircrafts (helicopters and airplanes). The paper also describes a protocol of the appropriate patient care before, during and after a critically ill hospitalised adult patient is lifted by air.
Keywords:
medical transport; air transport; critical patient; emergenciescritical care
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