A Journey Through Transfer Medicine
Understanding the complexity and diversity of transfer medicine for critically ill patients across a global landscape.
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How it works
A Journey Through Transfer Medicine
Discover how to keep critically ill patients safe during transfer
Across the world, thousands of critically ill patients are transferred within hospitals and between locations, yet there is little formal training available.
This novel, interactive course is designed to address this gap. You will develop skills and knowledge around transferring critically ill patients across road, air and remote environments. Working with pilots, we have included non-technical skills training, drawing parallels with aviation, and relating these back to medicine. We will explore transfer medicine in specialised settings and hear experts on preparing for these.
Whatever your background, you will learn to plan and execute transfers of critically ill patients safely.
What topics will you cover?
This course has been developed with input from frontline clinicians and leading experts to provide a practical educational experience.
Week 1 - Introduction To Transfer Medicine
- Epidemiology of transfer medicine
- Organisation of transfer and retrieval services in different countries worldwide
- Risk identification and mitigation within transfer medicine
Week 2 - A Practical Guide To Transfer Medicine
- Physiology and physics pertinent to transfer medicine
- The practical and logistical considerations when transferring a critically-ill adult
- Critical incidents encountered on transfers
- Human factors including leadership and teamwork
- The multi-disciplinary nature of transfer medicine and the role of different team members
Week 3 - Equipment, Decision-Making & Aeromedical Transfers
- Equipment used for a safe transfer in hospital, ambulances and air services
- Documentation, communication and decision making when on a transfer
- Important aspects of aeromedical transfers, including different types of helicopters and planes
Week 4 - Specialist & Extreme Transfers
- Transfer of critically-ill patients with specific medical conditions and different patient demographics
- Critical care transfer in the context of specific and remote environments
- A look at the future of transfer medicine as an emerging speciality
When would you like to start?
Start straight away and join a global classroom of learners. If the course hasn’t started yet you’ll see the future date listed below.
Learning on this course
On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Explore the scope of transfer medicine practice and understand the risks involved in transferring critically unwell patients
- Summarise the physiological principles, human factors and relevant guidelines required to optimise a patient, transfer them safely and handle critical incidents
- Assess the importance of equipment and different modes of transport in executing a safe transfer
- Develop an understanding of specialist, unusual and remote situations and specific patient groups who need safe critical transfer
Who is the course for?
This course is designed for all healthcare professionals with an interest in the transfer of critically ill patients.
This includes nurses, paramedics, practitioners and doctors in anaesthesia, critical care, emergency medicine, prehospital medicine and various other disciplines, as well as students in these fields.
Who will you learn with?
Arndt is a consultant anaesthetist at UCLH and retrieval consultant at ACCESS, London. He has set up and led critical transfer services in London and Germany. He was medical lead of an ADAC HEMS base
Riaz is an anaesthetic and intensive care medicine doctor. She holds a diploma in transfer and retrieve medicine and has led digital projects for a transfer service
I am an anaesthetic consultant having recently completed training in London. I am the education lead for NCL-ACTs and also work as as a locum consultant for the East of England ACCTS
Verity is an anaesthetic doctor in London and a Clinical Lecturer at UCL. Having completed a fellowship in Transfer Medicine she now educates for London's Adult Critical Care Transfer Service
Joe is an anaesthetic registrar in London and has completed a fellowship in adult transfer medicine.
Deepshri is an anaesthetic registrar in London, where she did a fellowship with the Children's Acute Transport Service. She has illustrated the graphics that will take you through the course.
Who developed the course?
UCL (University College London)
UCL was founded in 1826. It was the first English university established after Oxford and Cambridge, and the first to open up university education to those previously excluded from it.
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$134/one-off payment
Fulfill your current learning need
- Access to this course
- Learn at your own pace
- Discuss your learning in comments
- Printed and digital certificate when you’re eligible
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Sample the course materials
- Access expires 13 May 2024
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