Cook Children's Teddy Bear Transport

Teddy Bear Transport is the pediatric and neonatal transport programme of Cook Children's in Fort Worth, Texas. It is a hospital programme. The site says the team moves babies, children and teenagers by ground or air to Cook Children's medical center.

Services

The team stabilizes, resuscitates and moves critically ill infants and children. A 24 hour communication and dispatch center manages every transport. The site lists nitric oxide, high frequency ventilation, active cooling and ECMO. It also says the team can go to high risk deliveries. The team has nearly 60 nurses, respiratory therapists and paramedics.

Aircraft and bases

The fleet page lists a Cessna Citation Encore+ jet, a King Air B200 airplane, a helicopter and six critical care ambulances. The aircraft are marked with an asterisk on the page. A note on the professionals page says Metro Aviation provides the FAA Part 135 aviation services.

Coverage area

The site says the team works by ground or air across North America and parts of Central America.

Who it is for

Doctors and nurses at other hospitals can call for a patient who needs immediate treatment or stabilization. They can also ask for the ground, helicopter or airplane that fits the patient's condition and the distance.

Calling for a transport

The communication center also arranges crews for fixed wing flights and offers doctor consults. Referring staff should have the patient's name, sex, age, weight, diagnosis and vital signs ready. The site asks for a medical consent form, copies of the chart and X-rays, and phone numbers of parents. The team also offers education programs for other hospitals.

Facts

• Run by Cook Children's Health Care System.
• The communication center handles more than 100,000 referral calls a year, per the site.
• Transport crews include neonatal and pediatric nurses, respiratory therapists and paramedics.