[A new mobile respiration and monitoring system for transporting critically ill patients]

This article introduces a compact versatile system that can be used when transporting high-risk patients. The equipment can be coupled to a standard hospital bed. An instrument carrier device mounted on rollers which is independent of the medical equipment manufacturer can take up every kind of storage-battery driven apparatus required for monitoring, infusion therapy and continuous drug supply, as well as an artificial respiration unit with sufficient O2 for more than 20 hours of artificial respiration. The entire setup occupies a minimum of space.