The patient transfer bag delivers standardised equipment and ‘at a glance’ checking capability to support front line staff when transferring critically ill patients.
Using a modified delphi process emplying the expertise of 125 expert clinicians, London Ambulance service and the military, the North West London Critical Care Networked embarked on a in depth study to safely reduce the volume of transfer equipment carried and design the Patient Transfer Bag. The full study was published in the Journal of the Intensive Care Society and can be found here: http://inc.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/07/14/1751143716658912.abstract
The bag was designed with human factors at the forefront and facilitates quick and easy access during a transfer. Clinical staff no longer have to carry the bag when managing patients as it is easily attaches on to hospital and ambulance beds and trolleys.
This bag opens up to present users with colour coded and clearly labelled modules for quick access. The modules have an ‘open book’ design and clear panels to enable easy identification of required items and reduce checking time. Each module has been designed to hold the standardised transfer content for the individual category e.g. Advanced Airway.
