EM Cases · Retrieval and inter-hospital transfer
Time-critical neurosurgical transfer packaging
ACEM Fellowship station on transfer decision, packaging checklist and aeromedical physiology.
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Prompt
Rural ED with extradural haematoma needing tertiary neurosurgery — stabilise, package, choose mode, avoid altitude traps.
Stem
All persons, presentations and observations in this station are fictional and invented for teaching assessment; they do not describe a real person.
References2ShowHide
- [1]Droogh JM, et al. Inter-hospital transport of critically ill patients; expect surprises. Critical Care, 2012.PMID 22326110
- [2]Wilcox SR, Wax RS, Meyer MT, et al. Interfacility Transport of Critically Ill Patients. Critical Care Medicine, 2022.PMID 36106970