patient transfer
Hospital bed move
Patient transfer is the movement of a person receiving medical care from one location, facility, or care provider to another.
In healthcare settings, this typically involves moving patients between hospital departments, from ambulance to emergency room, or between facilities for specialized treatment.
The term also covers the physical act of moving a patient from bed to wheelchair or stretcher, which requires specific techniques to prevent injury to both patient and caregiver.
The patient transfer to the ICU was completed without incident.
- paramedicPrehospital emergency caregiver
- trauma teamEmergency medical response group
- ambulanceEmergency medical transport
- wheelchairSeated conveyance for mobility-impaired
- nurseHealthcare provider, bedside
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- emergency medicalemergency room, ambulance, EMS, ER, EMT
- Emergency MedicineEMT, emergency medicine, EMS, paramedic, paramedics
- transfershandoff, hand off, handover, relay, baton pass
- nursing carevital signs, medication administration, wound care, dressing change, infection control
- air rescuemedevac, air ambulance, helicopter rescue, airlift, life flight
- Hospital Proceduresadmission, blood draw, blood pressure, blood transfusion, charting
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