1 40 1 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. URL Address <a href="http://doi.org/10.1016/j.amj.2017.05.002" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://doi.org/10.1016/j.amj.2017.05.002</a> Pages 302–306 Issue 6 Volume 36 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Temperature-sensitive Medications in Interfacility Transport: The Ice Pack Myth. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Air medical journal Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2017 2017-12 Subject The topic of the resource *Air Ambulances; *Pharmaceutical Preparations; *Point-of-Care Systems; *Temperature; Cold – Equipment and Supplies; Drug Storage/standards; Drugs; Emergency Medical Services; Refrigeration – Methods; Refrigeration/*methods/standards; Temperature; Time Factors; Transportation Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Clancy Jason; Karish Cassandra; Roddy Meghan; Sicilia Judith J; Bigham Michael T Description An account of the resource INTRODUCTION: Critical Care Transport teams use various strategies to maintain temperature sensitive drugs and equipment at optimal temperature. The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of current passive refrigeration of temperature sensitive transport medications/equipment. METHODS: Initially, we performed a retrospective review of transport durations. Subsequently, an experimental paradigm was created using a temperature probe inside of the transport cooler packs utilizing various configurations and initial starting temperatures with high and low "in range" temperature margins of 8 degrees C (max) and 2 degrees C (min). RESULTS: The mean round-trip transport time was 2.5 hours and over 15% of transports last longer than 4 hours. At a starting temperature of -3.9 degrees C, the cooler and ice pack maintained "in range" temperatures for 3 hours. When the ice pack starting temperature was -12.9 degrees C, high temperatures excursions weren't experienced until 6 hours 55 minutes, but initially low excursions fell below for up to 3 hours. iSTAT((R)) cartridges remained within range between 1-4 hours at cooler and ice pack starting temperature of -3.9 degrees C. CONCLUSION: The current system of passive refrigeration does not appear to be sufficient for safely storing medications or point-of-care testing equipment for our transport services. This might reveal a flaw in the existing practices around medication refrigeration in transport. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="http://doi.org/10.1016/j.amj.2017.05.002" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">10.1016/j.amj.2017.05.002</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Article information provided for research and reference use only. All rights are retained by the journal listed under publisher and/or the creator(s). *Air Ambulances *Pharmaceutical Preparations *Point-of-Care Systems *temperature 2017 Air medical journal Bigham Michael T Clancy Jason Cold – Equipment and Supplies Drug Storage/standards Drugs Emergency Medical Services Karish Cassandra Refrigeration – Methods Refrigeration/*methods/standards Roddy Meghan Sicilia Judith J Temperature Time Factors Transportation