Transport of the Critically Ill Course

Course Details

Course description:

This dynamic course will give participants the confidence and knowledge to prepare and transfer a patient in a variety of situations both within the hospital and between hospitals. The course will use a wide variety of teaching strategies ranging from lectures, workshops, tutorials and simulators.

Want to know more?

•Read the review article written by Wai Tam in the December 2010 edition of ‘Health Global‘
•Read the BMJ Careers Course Review by Garry Summers from March 2012

Core topics include:

• assessing a critically ill patient prior to transfer;
• stabilising a patient prior to transfer;
• what equipment to take and how to use that equipment;
• transferring a patient within a hospital, for example, to radiology and theatres;
• preparing to and transferring a patient in a helicopter and ambulance;
• transporting variety of patients from children to adults with conditions, for example, head injury and road traffic accidents.

Target audience: this course is suitable for all grades including emergency physicians, anaesthetists, intensivists, F2s, nurses, ODPs and paramedics.

Format: 2 day course

Venue: Bristol Medical Simulation Centre

***THIS COURSE HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR 8 CPD POINTS BY THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ANAESTHETISTS***

Should you have any enquiries on this course please e-mail bmsc@uhbristol.nhs.uk or to book on the course please click on the book online now button

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