Course: A Journey Through Transfer Medicine

Here we take a look at the equipment modifications that ensure a patient living with obesity is transported safely and comfortably, and raise your awareness of the important things to …

Before we can talk about performing a critical care patient transfer we need to know what this really means. At its core, transfer medicine refers to the transport of a …

And now for a small dose of theory… We have chosen the SHEL(L) Model as our visualisation tool to highlight key human factors principles during critical transfers. This framework, often …

VV-ECMO retrieval trolley used at the Royal Brompton Hospital, London To read more about referral and preparation for ECMO see here. Setting-up ECMO requires specific training and accreditation, and is …

In the next few articles and activities, you’ll learn from WingFactors – an organisation that brings learning from the aviation industry to healthcare. The WingFactors team comprises experienced airline pilots …

In this article, Dr Álvaro J. Roldán-Reina and Dr Alex Rosenberg, ECMO specialists at the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals in London provide a look at their service and background …

It can be novel to take a look at the complex process behind the design of medical devices we use in transfer every day. This can end up being a …

In this video, we explore how the design of a medical device can help to reduce all kinds of risk to both patients and staff. Here we meet Tobias and …

As we’ve seen in the previous step, there is a long list of diseases that are defined as HCIDs. Each of these diseases may have specific implications for patient transfer. …

What Is An HCID? The UK Health Security Agency defines HCIDs as having some or all of the following characteristics: acute infectious disease typically has a high case-fatality rate may …

Dedicated bariatric transfer services, which are specifically designed to accommodate patients living with obesity, are available within NHS Ambulance Services and the private sector… These may supply specialist equipment, as …

Have you ever considered the implications of transferring a critically ill person with obesity? Obesity has a range of pathophysiological consequences, all of which may be amplified during critical illness, …

Transfer can lead to detrimental effects on the critically ill, who are poorly able to compensate as they are already deficient in physiological reserve. Understanding the physiological impact that movement …

What are the unique challenges presented by the burns patient transfer? Here, we will tackle them in a systematic fashion… Airway Airway burns can be split into 2 categories – …

In the following steps, we discuss the important considerations when transferring a patient with burns. Firstly, we’ll look at the factors that determine severity of burns and later we’ll consider …