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An Internet-based site, ICUnet, is being trialled in the UK to augment the current Emergency Bed Service system and improve the location of available critical care beds for patient transfers.
Highlights the increasing need for intensive care transfers and introduces a UK-based website trial to assist in locating available beds.
The demand for intensive care has increased relentlessly over the past 30 years. It is now regarded as a necessity rather than a luxury. The provision of intensive care has lagged behind that demand. Thus, patients who are judged to need intensive care when a bed is unavailable are increasingly transferred to another hospital for such care. The present commentary discusses intensive care transfers and describes a website being trialled in the UK that helps with locating available intensive care beds.
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Hopkins et al. (2002) conducted an editorial in Critical illness requiring intensive care transfer. ICUnet (Internet-based bed location system) vs. Emergency Bed Service (EBS) was evaluated. An Internet-based site, ICUnet, is being trialled in the UK to augment the current Emergency Bed Service system and improve the location of available critical care beds for patient transfers.
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