INTRA-HOSPITAL TRANSPORT OF CRITICAL PATIENTS

Abstract

The medicine knowledge and development of new technologies for diagnoses and treatment of patients had permitted the longevity of healthy people and of those with acute or chronic illness. These technological advances are not well distributed, but there are clearly improvements on the management of patients in medical field leading to a lower mortality and a better quality of life. With these improvements, hospitals needed to increase the area of critical care settings. Patients have being beneficiated by these diagnose technologies, most of them including image, but to access them, they need to be transported out of a intensive care unit, needing to maintain the same level of monitorization. That is the great importance on transportation of a critical patient, and it has being neglected by most health professionals. The objective of this article is to make a reflection of the various moments, phases and care involving the intra-hospital transport, discussing its various aspects.