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- Title
The Patient's Situation During Interhospital Intensive Care Unit-to-Unit Transfers: A Hermeneutical Observational Study.
- Authors
Karlsson, Jonas; Eriksson, Thomas; Lindahl, Berit; Fridh, Isabell
- Abstract
Interhospital intensive care unit-to-unit transfers are an increasing phenomenon, earlier mainly studied from a patient safety perspective. Using data from video recordings and participant observations, the aim was to explore and interpret the observed nature of the patient's situation during interhospital intensive care unit-to-unit transfers. Data collection from eight transfers resulted in over 7 hours of video material and field notes. Using a hermeneutical approach, three themes emerged: being visible and invisible; being in a constantly changing space; and being a fettered body in constant motion. The patient's situation can be viewed as an involuntary journey, one where the patient exists in a constantly changing space drifting in and out of the health personnel's attention and where movements from the journey become part of the patient's body. Interhospital transfers of vulnerable patients emerge as a complex task, challenging the health personnel's ability to maintain a caring atmosphere around these patients.
- Subjects
SWEDEN; ART; COMPUTER software; CRITICAL care medicine; HOSPITALS; HUMANITY; INTENSIVE care units; PHENOMENOLOGY; MEDICAL care; SCIENTIFIC observation; PARTICIPANT observation; PATIENTS; PHOTOGRAPHY; VIDEO recording; JUDGMENT sampling; TRANSPORTATION of patients; FIELD notes (Science)
- Publication
Qualitative Health Research, 2019, Vol 29, Issue 12, p1687
- ISSN
1049-7323
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1049732319831664