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The Helicopter Transports of Patients Critically ill with COVID-19
Jennifer Ejderlöf1, Åsa Engström2
1Intensive Care Unit, Gällivare Hospital, Gällivare, Sweden.
Objective:
The aim of our study was to describe specialist nurses' experiences with the helicopter transport of patients critically ill with COVID-19.
Method:
Our study followed a descriptive qualitative design anchored in the naturalistic paradigm and was based on qualitative content analysis. The study followed the consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research.
Results:
Six semi-structured interviews were conducted with specialist nurses who have cared for patients critically ill with COVID-19 during helicopter transport. The analysis of the interviews resulted in three themes-designing new routines before transport, working under new conditions and post-transport and reflections-with 11 categories. The goal of the intensive care transport of patients with COVID-19 was twofold: to prevent the spread of infection by using personal protective equipment and to prevent the contamination of the helicopter.
Conclusion:
For the nurses, working in personal protective equipment created a feeling of distance from patients that compromised patient-nurse intimacy. Our results suggest that ensuring the sufficiency of equipment required in the event of major accidents and pandemics is critical.
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