Meeting Critical Care Transport Needs for Our Patients
Your child’s treatment sometimes involves moving them from one hospital to another. Based on their condition, the transition may require special equipment and monitoring. Our transport team is specially trained to travel with pediatric and neonatal patients. That includes the most premature infants.
With our Transport Team, you know you’re getting the highest quality of care—whether you’re going to or coming from Cincinnati Children’s.
Critical Care Conditions That Benefit from Transport
Our Transport Team is equipped and trained to provide care for critical conditions and complex care needs such as:
- Acute mental status deterioration
- Complex fluid management
- Congenital heart disease
- Direct admissions to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Cardiac Intensive Care, Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) or Pediatric Trauma Services
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) (a form of life support for the heart and lungs)
- Indwelling arterial or central venous lines
- Mechanical ventilation
- Nitric oxide
- Organ failure or organ transplant
- Post-cardiac respiratory arrest
- Respiratory distress
- Uncontrolled seizures
- Unstable airway or respiratory failure
- Vasoactive infusions or anti-dysrhythmia medications to keep the heart stable
Your provider will refer you to Transport Services when needed.
