PMC:28995 / 2115-4147 JSONTXT

{"project":"2_test","denotations":[{"id":"11056703-8557863-23531782","span":{"begin":144,"end":145},"obj":"8557863"},{"id":"11056703-2245620-23531783","span":{"begin":146,"end":147},"obj":"2245620"},{"id":"11056703-8557864-23531784","span":{"begin":148,"end":149},"obj":"8557864"},{"id":"11056703-3477105-23531785","span":{"begin":150,"end":151},"obj":"3477105"},{"id":"11056703-7622953-23531786","span":{"begin":420,"end":421},"obj":"7622953"},{"id":"11056703-8364669-23531787","span":{"begin":598,"end":599},"obj":"8364669"}],"text":"Introduction\nTransport of critically ill patients for diagnostic evaluation or intervention in the hospital is essential, but not without risk [1,2,3,4]. The amount of time involved to coordinate a road trip, the number of personnel and resources utilized to perform the trip safely, and the effect of the road trip on the remaining staff members and patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) has not been well studied [5]. The American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) and the Society for Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) have developed and published standards for intrahospital transport [6]. Nurses, physicians and transport personnel are required to provide the same level of care during the transport as is provided to the patient while in the ICU. Transport systems to facilitate the ease and safety of intrahospital transport of adults are not currently well developed. However, a `total care' transporter for neonates has been available for many years.\nNew technologies are constantly being developed to improve patient care and to facilitate care of critically ill patients. In an effort to provide `seamless care' to a patient, Hill-Rom (Batesville, IN, USA) have devised a product that manages the ventilator and iv pumps in the room and attaches to the patient's bed for transport. This self-contained device, the CarePorterTM, is designed to provide the flexibility of both in-room ICU support and transport capability. Since an ideal intrahospital transport system is not currently available, we chose to study the CarePorter during development. This study was specifically designed to compare the resources utilized to safely transport against the new CarePorter device. The CarePorter is able to move as a single unit and, therefore, we hypothesized that its use would decrease the number of personnel and time required for transport of the ventilated patient without altering the current standards of care. In this study, the CarePorter demonstrated decreases in both personnel time and resource utilization."}

{"project":"Colil","denotations":[{"id":"T1","span":{"begin":598,"end":599},"obj":"8364669"},{"id":"T2","span":{"begin":144,"end":145},"obj":"8557863"},{"id":"T3","span":{"begin":146,"end":147},"obj":"2245620"},{"id":"T4","span":{"begin":148,"end":149},"obj":"8557864"},{"id":"T5","span":{"begin":150,"end":151},"obj":"3477105"},{"id":"T6","span":{"begin":420,"end":421},"obj":"7622953"}],"namespaces":[{"prefix":"_base","uri":"http://pubannotation.org/docs/sourcedb/PubMed/sourceid/"}],"text":"Introduction\nTransport of critically ill patients for diagnostic evaluation or intervention in the hospital is essential, but not without risk [1,2,3,4]. The amount of time involved to coordinate a road trip, the number of personnel and resources utilized to perform the trip safely, and the effect of the road trip on the remaining staff members and patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) has not been well studied [5]. The American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) and the Society for Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) have developed and published standards for intrahospital transport [6]. Nurses, physicians and transport personnel are required to provide the same level of care during the transport as is provided to the patient while in the ICU. Transport systems to facilitate the ease and safety of intrahospital transport of adults are not currently well developed. However, a `total care' transporter for neonates has been available for many years.\nNew technologies are constantly being developed to improve patient care and to facilitate care of critically ill patients. In an effort to provide `seamless care' to a patient, Hill-Rom (Batesville, IN, USA) have devised a product that manages the ventilator and iv pumps in the room and attaches to the patient's bed for transport. This self-contained device, the CarePorterTM, is designed to provide the flexibility of both in-room ICU support and transport capability. Since an ideal intrahospital transport system is not currently available, we chose to study the CarePorter during development. This study was specifically designed to compare the resources utilized to safely transport against the new CarePorter device. The CarePorter is able to move as a single unit and, therefore, we hypothesized that its use would decrease the number of personnel and time required for transport of the ventilated patient without altering the current standards of care. In this study, the CarePorter demonstrated decreases in both personnel time and resource utilization."}