Perioperative Patient Transport
ðŊ Core concept
- āļāļēāļĢāđāļāļĨื่āļāļāļĒ้āļēāļĒāļู้āļ่āļ§āļĒ perioperative = āļ่āļ§āļ
high risk
- āļ้āļāļ:
- optimize
patient āļ่āļāļ transport
- āđāļāļĢีāļĒāļĄ equipment + personnel
- monitor
āļ่āļāđāļื่āļāļ
ð āļĨāļ adverse events
⚙️ Preparation (āļ่āļāļāđāļāļĨื่āļāļāļĒ้āļēāļĒ)
✅ Patient readiness
- airway
stable
- ventilation
adequate
- hemodynamics
stable
- IV
access + fluids āļāļĢ้āļāļĄ
ð§° Equipment checklist
- portable
monitor (ECG, SpO₂, BP ± capnography)
- O₂
supply (āļāļģāļāļ§āļāđāļŦ้āļāļ + reserve)
- Ambu
bag + mask
- airway
equipment (ETT, laryngoscope, airway adjuncts)
ðĻ⚕️ Personnel
- āļ้āļāļāļĄีāļู้āļี่:
- airway
management āđāļ้
- āđāļ้āļēāđāļ equipment
ð unstable patient → āļ้āļāļāļĄี anesthesia / intensivist
ðŦ Airway &
Respiratory Management
ðđ Minimum requirement
- Ambu
bag + O₂ āļุāļ case (āđāļĄ้ stable)
- āļ้āļāļāļัāļ:
- accidental
extubation
- apnea
ðđ Oxygen management
- āļāļģāļāļ§āļ O₂ tank:
Volume ≈ (680/2200) × pressure (psig)
- āđāļื่āļāļāļĒ่āļēāļāļ้āļāļĒ +30 āļāļēāļี
ðđ Ventilation options
- spontaneous
+ O₂
- NIV
- manual
ventilation
- transport
ventilator
⚠️ manual bag:
- āđāļŠี่āļĒāļ hypo/hyperventilation
- āļ้āļāļāđāļŠ่ PEEP valve
ð Monitoring
ðĒ Standard
- ECG
- SpO₂
(mandatory)
- BP
ðĩ Advanced (critical
patient)
- arterial
line
- CVP
/ PAP
- capnography
ð alarm + auditory pulse
oximetry āļŠāļģāļัāļ
ð Medications
ðđ āļ้āļāļāļĄี
- IV
access + fluids
- vasoactive
drugs (unstable patient)
- airway
drugs (sedation + NMBA)
ðđ Consider
- opioid/benzo
reversal (naloxone, flumazenil)
ðĻ Risk &
Complications
⚠️ Routine transport
- respiratory
depression (sedation/NMBA)
- hypoxia
- hemodynamic
instability
ðĨ Critically ill
- adverse
events ~ 26%
- life-threatening
~ 1.5%
- āđāļ่āļ:
- accidental
extubation
- cardiac
arrest
ð§ Transport of critically
ill patients
ðŊ āļŦāļĨัāļāļŠāļģāļัāļ
- stabilize
āļ่āļāļ (āļ้āļēāđāļĄ่ urgent)
- āđāļ้ checklist
- continuous
monitoring
ð§ āļ้āļāļāļĄี
- airway
equipment
- ventilator/ambu
- defibrillator
- emergency
drugs
ð Sedation
- convert
GA → IV sedation
infusion (propofol/dexmedetomidine)
āļ่āļāļ transport
ðŦ Special situations
- ECMO
/ VAD → āļ้āļāļāļĄี
specialist
- pulmonary
HTN → inhaled
vasodilator continuity
- chest
tube → āļŦ้āļēāļĄ
clamp routine
- EVD → āļĢāļ°āļ§ัāļ overdrain
ð Handoff (āļŠāļģāļัāļāļĄāļēāļ)
- āļ้āļāļāļĄี structured handoff:
- diagnosis
- intraop
events
- airway
/ lines
- drugs
/ infusion
ð anesthesia provider āļāļĒู่āļāļ handoff complete
ð§ Key Clinical Pearls
- Transport
= high-risk phase āđāļีāļĒāļāđāļ่āļē emergence
- āļุāļ case āļ้āļāļāļĄี:
- O₂
+ Ambu bag
- monitoring
- Critical
patient:
- stabilize
āļ่āļāļ (āļ้āļēāđāļ้)
- team
+ equipment āļāļĢ้āļāļĄ
- Residual
anesthesia/NMBA → major
risk hypoventilation
- Handoff
= āļĨāļ error āļĄāļēāļāļี่āļŠุāļ
ðĻ Practical checklist (āđāļ้āļāļĢิāļ)
āļ่āļāļāļāļāļ OR
- airway
secure
- SpO₂
stable
- BP
stable
- IV +
drugs ready
- O₂
tank checked
āļĢāļ°āļŦāļ§่āļēāļ transport
- monitor
continuous
- observe
airway
- ready
for reintubation
āļึāļ PACU/ICU
- handoff
structured
- confirm
stability
- transfer
responsibility
āđāļĄ่āļĄีāļāļ§āļēāļĄāļิāļāđāļŦ็āļ:
āđāļŠāļāļāļāļ§āļēāļĄāļิāļāđāļŦ็āļ