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Problematique Liee aux transferts medicalises secondaires en Belgique: l'experience developpee au CHU de Liege
Brasseur, Edmond; Micheels, Jean; Ghuysen, Alexandre et al.
2007In Revue Médicale de Liège, 62 (2), p. 97-102
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Abstract :
[en] Evaluation of the aid of an emergency mobile unit to transfer monitorized patients to a University hospital, in the political context of regional care network offering highly qualified but restricted tertiary area centres, and an open prospective study conducted over the 5 first months in 2006. The call regulation was assessed by the emergency physician of the transfer team and all missions were concluded with an evaluating report. An amount of 197 requests were taken into account from which 80 % were addressed between 8 am and 8 pm. The mean average time interval for missions was 59 minutes (base to base) and the distance covered was 20.7 km as a mean. In essence, indications for medical secondary transfer regarded patients in need for acute coronary care (42.6%), specific intensive care (26.4%) and neurosurgical interventions (19.3%). We noted that endotracheal intubation occurred in only one case. Mortality during such a transfer activity was absent. Medical transfer unit allows the development of specific high qualified network resources owing to the secondary addressee of patients. However, the weak incidence of complication questions the practice of systematic medical accompanying during such transfers.
Disciplines :
General & internal medicine
Author, co-author :
Brasseur, Edmond ;  Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Urgences
Micheels, Jean ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Département des sciences de la santé publique
Ghuysen, Alexandre ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la santé publique > Réanimation - Urgence extrahospitalière
D'Orio, Vincenzo ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Médecine d'urgence - bioch. et phys. hum. normales et path.
Language :
French
Title :
Problematique Liee aux transferts medicalises secondaires en Belgique: l'experience developpee au CHU de Liege
Alternative titles :
[en] The Question of Secondary Medical Transfer in Belgium: The Experience Conducted at the University Hospital Center of Liege
Publication date :
February 2007
Journal title :
Revue Médicale de Liège
ISSN :
0370-629X
eISSN :
2566-1566
Publisher :
Université de Liège. Revue Médicale de Liège, Liège, Belgium
Volume :
62
Issue :
2
Pages :
97-102
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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