Course: A Journey Through Transfer Medicine

The risk of complications of a transfer is naturally higher in the prone position. These can be broadly divided into environment, patient and equipment causes… Environment Being in a moving …

In this activity, we’ll discuss proning: how it helps, why transferring in the prone position might be necessary and how this can be performed safely. The transfer of critically ill …

Take a look at this infographic (click to enlarge) of the important points of how to do a neurological patient transfer and then test yourself in our quiz! These guidelines …

As mentioned in the discussion, a debrief is not an easy task to perform. Most of us don’t like talking about ourselves professionally, and the idea of discussing a colleague’s …

Having watched the video, our question is this: in a patient transfer situation, what do you base your decisions on? Not an easy question to answer in a few words, …

What thoughts cross your mind when you know you will have to work with a team you’ve never met before? Do you find Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) useful in such …

The golden rule in aviation: someone must always be flying the aircraft Leadership as a subject is extremely complex. Natural leaders are relatively rare and those skills cannot be taught. …

Moving away from the high income country setting, there’s also a lot of ongoing change and development in transfer medicine around the world. In this article, Dr Maxine Okello, an …

We’ve seen that written documentation is clearly very important for clinical communication, so here we explore verbal communication as a key element in human factor management relevant to preventing adverse …

Stretchers are the centre-piece of every transfer and one that you’ll become very familiar with, as you will use it for every patient. A transfer stretcher has to provide: safety …

What comes to mind when you are in a transfer situation and someone asks you to run a checklist? Word Cloud! We invite you to share your thoughts using a …

The term “situational awareness” is often used when talking about human factors, but what does it mean to you?… Welcome To The Word Cloud! Throughout the course we’ll invite you …

What does a patient transfer have in common with aviation?… Similarly to transferring a patient, a passenger flight involves multiple team members interacting on a tight timescale, using complex machinery …

The challenges of transfer medicine in the Antarctic are illustrated by looking closer at one of the bases and understanding the set up… The Mendel Base at James Ross Island …

Transfers in austere environments are so challenging they are sometimes even impossible. Here, Dr Zdenek Bares, an intensivist with extreme environment experience, discusses his time in the Antarctic region and …