Synapse
⌘+K
Synapse
PulseExploreClubsResearchersJournals
Instagram
HomeClubsExplore
February 15, 1975BMJOpen Access

Effects of ambulance transport in critically ill patients.

View Full Paper
Ask AI
Bookmark
Share

Why the study?

Does prospective management including resuscitation and continuous care during ambulance transport reduce adverse physiological events in critically ill patients?

Population

66 critically ill patients transferred by ambulance from other hospitals to a central intensive therapy unit.

Comparison

Prospective management of ambulance transport… vs Retrospective management of ambulance transport.

Design

Cohort

Authors

GWG WaddellNHS Greater Glasgow and ClydePSPamela ScottForth Valley Royal HospitalNLNJ LeesRoyal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust

Discussion

Loading...

Member takes

Implication

Prospective management was associated with no hypotension; hypothesis-generating for transport protocols and leaves open need for randomized confirmation.

Structured PICO

Does prospective management including resuscitation and continuous care during ambulance transport reduce adverse physiological events in critically ill patients?

P
Population
66 critically ill patients transferred by ambulance from other hospitals to a central intensive therapy unit (46 reviewed retrospectively, 20 prospectively).
I
Intervention
Prospective management of ambulance transport, including earlier transfer, resuscitation before transfer, continuing medical care during the journey, and a slower smoother journey.
C
Comparator
Retrospective management of ambulance transport.
O
Outcome
Adverse physiological events during and after transport (hypotension, hypertension, delayed hypotension, fits, arterial PCO2 changes).safety

Resuscitation before transfer and continuing medical care during ambulance transport may reduce adverse physiological events such as hypotension in critically ill patients.

Cite This Study

Waddell et al. (1975) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8931d94f37e970fb7b4ac8https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.1.5954.386

Topics

Hypertension management
View Full Paper
Ask AI
Bookmark
Share

Also Consider

Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context:

  1. 1Objective Index of Haemodynamic Status for Quantitation of Severity and Prognosis of Shock Complicating Myocardial Infarction1968 · 32 citations
  2. 2The Coronary Care Unit1967 · 542 citations
  3. 3Deaths from Coronary Heart Disease in Persons Fifty Years of Age and Younger1963 · 146 citations
  4. 4Medical Aspects of Ambulance Design1972 · 41 citations
  5. 5Temperature of the Great Toe as an Indication of the Severity of Shock1969 · 207 citations