Children's One (Children's Hospital Colorado)

Children's One is the emergency transport programme of Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora, Colorado. It is a hospital programme that moves infants, kids and teens by air and by ground. The flights are flown by a partner company.

Services

The site says Children's One offers critical care air and ground transport from all Colorado counties, its seven state region, the rest of the United States and other countries. Vehicles carry child-sized equipment, including high-frequency ventilators and nitric oxide therapy. They bring patients to a Children's Colorado emergency department, surgery center or critical care unit.

Aircraft and crew

The fleet includes an Airbus EC145 helicopter and a Pilatus PC-12 fixed-wing plane that can land in rural towns with shorter runways. Metro Aviation provides the flight operations and keeps operational control of the aircraft. Two dual-load ambulances can carry twins, and American Medical Response runs the ground ambulances.

Clinical flight team members have at least four years of critical care experience. The team includes pediatric emergency nurses, respiratory therapists and EMTs. Physician medical directors oversee the programme.

The page counts more than 100 Children's One team members and more than 45 years of service to Colorado children. It adds that ambulances carry toys and entertainment to help distract young patients, and have extra room for caregivers and equipment.

Facts

• Type: hospital programme of Children's Hospital Colorado
• Flight team founded in 1974 by neonatologist L. Joseph Butterfield, MD
• Response available 24 hours a day, every day
• Aviation operator: Metro Aviation