Table 1.

Intrahospital Transport Guidelines for the Critically-Ill patient^*

Intrahospital Transport Guideline	Examples
Pre-planning	Coordination and communication between the sending and receiving units, establish appropriateness of the procedure, scheduling personnel, establish procedural risks for patient such as MRI scanning, contrast dye allergies
Personnel	Minimum of two people trained in intrahospital transport , at least one certified in resuscitation, respiratory therapy for all ventilated patients, physician for all unstable patients
Equipment	Equipment to maintain the same level of care as in the unit such as monitors, ventilators, drug infusions, airway management , knowing the location of all carts en route, proper equipment maintenance
Monitoring	Maintain the same level of physiologic monitoring as was being received in the ICU, blood pressure, pulse oximetry, cardiac monitoring, arterial lines
Documentation	Maintain a record of patient data such as vital signs, procedures, medications and patient response

^*adapted from Warren J., Fromm R., Orr R., Rotello L., Horst M., & American College of Critical Care Medicine. (2004) Guidelines for the inter- and intrahospital transport of critically ill patients. Critical Care Medicine, 32(1), 256-262.