Reporting interhospital neonatal intensive care transport: international five-step Delphi-based template.

Objective: To develop a general and internationally applicable template of data variables for reporting interhospital neonatal intensive care transports.

Design: A five-step Delphi method.

Setting: A group of experts was guided through a formal consensus process using email.

Prehospital tracheal intubations by anaesthetist-staffed critical care teams: a prospective observational multicentre study.

Background: Prehospital tracheal intubation is a potentially lifesaving intervention, but is associated with prolonged time on-scene. Some services strongly advocate performing the procedure outside of the ambulance or aircraft, while others also perform the procedure inside the vehicle. This study was designed as a non-inferiority trial registering the rate of successful tracheal intubation and incidence of complications performed by a critical care team either inside or outside an ambulance or helicopter.

Implementation of a low-titre whole blood transfusion program in a civilian helicopter emergency medical service.

Background: Early balanced transfusion is associated with improved outcome in haemorrhagic shock patients. This study describes the implementation and evaluates the safety of a whole blood transfusion program in a civilian helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS).

Methods: This prospective observational study was performed over a 5-year period at HEMS-Bergen, Norway.