TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Transportation of the Critical Care Patient A1 - Nemeth, Ira A1 - Lairet, Julio R. A2 - Farcy, David A. A2 - Chiu, William C. A2 - Marshall, John P. A2 - Osborn, Tiffany M. PY - 2016 T2 - Critical Care Emergency Medicine, 2e AB - Moving a critical patient is a dangerous medical intervention. As with any medical intervention, there are risks and benefits. Over time, the risks have been mitigated by creation of specialized transport teams and equipment. The benefits still revolve around providing specialized treatments and diagnostics not available at every facility.1 Recent literature has shown that time until definitive treatment is an important consideration. All these factors need to be taken into account by the physician when deciding when and how to transport critical patients. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/20 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1135704395 ER -