Skill
Transport Ventilator Setup
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Relative contraindications
Use individualized risk-benefit assessment, added precautions, or a modified approach as authorized for the patient and setting.
- Hemodynamic instability.
- Unstable spinal or orthopedic injury.
- Uncontrolled intracranial pressure (ICP).
- Active arrhythmias or recent cardiac event.
- High ventilatory support requirements (FiO2 > 0.8 or PEEP > 10 cm H2O).
- Severe agitation or inadequate sedation.
Sources
Supporting sources include peer-reviewed research, evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, professional standards, and foundational respiratory care references, as applicable to the skill.
- Fanara, B., Manzon, C., Barbot, O., Desmettre, T., Capellier, G., and French Society of Intensive Care. (2010). Recommendations for the intra-hospital transport of critically ill patients. Critical Care, 14(3), R87. https://doi.org/10.1186/cc9018
- American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC). (2020). Transport of the mechanically ventilated patient: A clinical practice guideline. Respiratory Care, 65(10), 1585-1597. https://doi.org/10.4187/respcare.07937
- Brain Trauma Foundation. (2017). Guidelines for the management of severe traumatic brain injury (4th ed.). Neurosurgery, 80(1), 6-15. https://doi.org/10.1227/NEU.0000000000001432
- Warren, J., Fromm, R. E., Orr, R. A., Rotello, L. C., Horst, H. M., and Society of Critical Care Medicine. (2004). Guidelines for the inter- and intra-hospital transport of critically ill patients. Critical Care Medicine, 32(1), 256-262. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.CCM.0000104917.39204.0A