Children's Mercy Critical Care Transport

Name: Children's Mercy Critical Care Transport
Telephone: (800) 466-3729

Children's Mercy Critical Care Transport, called CMCCT, is the only 24-hour, seven-day-a-week transport program in the region dedicated exclusively to neonates, children and adolescents. It is the transport program of Children's Mercy Kansas City.

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About Children's Mercy Critical Care Transport

The program dispatches up to 10 teams a day from bases at Children's Mercy in Kansas City, Missouri, and Children's Mercy Kansas in Overland Park, Kansas. Teams respond by dedicated ground ambulance, rotor wing, turboprop and jet airplanes. The program handles nearly 5,800 neonatal, pediatric and maternal fetal transports each year.

The program is directed by Children's Mercy neonatologists, pediatric intensivists and maternal fetal medicine physicians. Teams consist of critical care nurses, respiratory therapists and emergency medical technicians. Maternal fetal transport teams add a nurse with extensive high-risk obstetrical experience. ECMO transport teams add a perfusionist and a pediatric intensivist or neonatologist.

The team also provides specialty transport for expectant mothers through its Maternal Fetal Transport program. It transports pediatric and neonatal patients who need extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, known as ECMO. Teams also transport babies, children and adults between medical facilities when they need advanced critical care.

The program is accredited in all three modes of transport by CAMTS. The Association of Air Medical Services gave its neonatal and pediatric transport team an Award of Excellence, and gave the program awards for fixed wing and critical care ground transport. The program was also named Transport Program of the Year.

Ground ambulances are operated by Children's Mercy Kansas City. Fixed wing and rotor wing aircraft are operated by PHI Health, which holds an FAA Part 135 certificate. Outreach education is offered to community clinic and hospital nurses, EMS and fire personnel.