ABC of Transfer and Retrieval Medicine provides the key information required to
help health care professionals involved in the movement of critically ill
patients to do so safely, correctly and with confidence. Beginning with the
practical and clinical considerations to be taken into account during patient
transfer and an overview of transfer equipment, it then addresses
pharmacological aspects of patient transfer, the roles and responsibilities of
the transfer team, and the requirements of neonatal, paediatric and specialist
transfers. Mapped against the syllabus for the Diploma of Retrieval and Transfer
Medicine (Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh), it has been developed as a
core resource for the diploma whilst