Duties of the Transferring Hospital

Physician

• Arranges transfer through “qualified personnel and equipment”
• Remains responsible until the care is assumed by the receiving hospital
• Arranges for an accepting hospital
• Provides treatment
• Sends appropriate data
• Obtains written informed consent
• Accepts the patient if they have the capability
  
  • In specialty trained personnel
    
  • In specialty units
    
    • NICU, Burn unit, Trauma unit, Neurosurgical ICU
• Has the capacity to treat the pt
  
  • Defined as services, not currently available beds
    
    • Receiving hospital has a cardiac cath lab, and the ability to recover pt in the PACU