Name: Flight and Critical Care Transport Nursing Field Manual: Pretransport Stabilization, Equipment Readiness, In-Transit Monitoring, Emergencies, and Clinical Handoff
SKU: 68906762
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Author: Batts, Marilyn C
ISBN: 9798170341801

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Flight and Critical Care Transport Nursing Field Manual: Pretransport Stabilization, Equipment Readiness, In-Transit Monitoring, Emergencies, and Clinical Handoff

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

Independently published

Author

Batts, Marilyn C

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9798170341801

Flight and Critical Care Transport Nursing Field Manual: Pretransport Stabilization, Equipment Readiness, In-Transit Monitoring, Emergencies, and Clinical Handoff

Batts, Marilyn C (Author) · Independently published · Paperback

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Synopsis "Flight and Critical Care Transport Nursing Field Manual: Pretransport Stabilization, Equipment Readiness, In-Transit Monitoring, Emergencies, and Clinical Handoff"

Critical care transport demands more than bedside knowledge. It requires rapid prioritization, equipment discipline, continuous reassessment, environmental awareness, and the ability to make safe decisions when time, space, staffing, and resources are limited. Flight and Critical Care Transport Nursing Field Manual is a practical professional guide designed for nurses working in air medical, ground critical care, interfacility, emergency, and high-acuity transport environments. It brings together the major clinical and operational responsibilities of transport nursing in one structured field reference. Readers are guided through pretransport assessment and stabilization, airway and ventilation management, hemodynamic support, medication and infusion safety, equipment readiness, oxygen and power planning, physiologic effects of altitude and motion, neurologic emergencies, cardiac and vascular care, trauma and hemorrhage, respiratory failure, pediatric and neonatal transport, maternal emergencies, sepsis and isolation precautions, metabolic and toxicologic emergencies, in-transit rescue actions, clinical handoff, crew resource management, and advanced extracorporeal and mechanical circulatory support transport. The manual emphasizes the realities that make transport care different from stationary care: limited access to the patient, changing environments, vibration and noise, equipment dependence, finite oxygen and battery reserves, communication barriers, movement-related risk, and the need to anticipate deterioration before departure. Practical features throughout the book include clinical pearls, red flag alerts, documentation points, case-based decision scenarios, critical-thinking challenges, transport field checklists, quick-reference tools, a comprehensive transport glossary, abbreviation guidance, and a professional index for fast retrieval. Whether used for orientation, skills reinforcement, transport-team education, or day-to-day clinical reference, this manual is built to support organized preparation, safer in-transit monitoring, clearer escalation, and stronger transfer-of-accountability practices across the full transport continuum.