Retrieval medicine: a review and guide for UK practitioners. Part 2: safety in patient retrieval systems.

S. Hearns; P. J. Shirley

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Retrieval medicine: a review and guide for UK practitioners. Part 2: safety in patient retrieval systems.

December 13, 2006

Hearns S, Shirley PJ. Emerg Med J. 2006;23(12):943-7.

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The authors describe the retrieval and transfer of critically ill patients from one environment to another and provide recommendations for making this process as safe and reliable as possible.

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