Although patient-related risk factors are difficult to identify, equipment-related complications (which occur in up to one-third of transports) might be controlled more easily.
Subsequently he helped create the School's Averting Maternal Death and Disability (AMDD) program, which continues today, providing training and equipment to prevent complications from childbirth in more than 50 countries.
An electronic questionnaire examined local protocols for PTH, triggers for commencing and discontinuation, target temperature ranges, use of muscle relaxants, cooling equipment, monitoring and complications.
Observational research will also be required at the Princess Royal Maternity Hospital, to provide details of the resources and staff inputs required for the induction of labour, as well as staff time, tests, procedures, drugs and equipment entailed by complications.
In this article, I summarize our current approach to patients with chronic occlusion of the iliac veins: patient selection, timing of intervention, commonly needed equipment, procedure, difficulties encountered, complications, clinical follow-up, and outcomes.
Among them were the difficulty of building beneath an existing web of tracks and equipment in Queens and complications caused by unrelated projects, including building developments on the West Side of Manhattan and the planned replacement of tracks inside Amtrak tunnels running beneath the East River.
Ensuring that health facilities have the necessary supplies and equipment for managing maternal complications is another necessary intervention.
In cases where management of the patient's airway has been difficult, full documentation should be made about the ease of mask ventilation, grade of laryngoscopy, airway equipment or adjuncts used, complications and other information that may assist with decision-making during future anaesthetics.
Further complications come when equipment requirements are taken into account.
Transfers performed by the referral physicians were associated with a higher incidence of complications, unavailability of equipment, and more frequent requirement for acute interventions upon arrival [ 45].
