Lurie Children's Center for Transport Medicine

The Center for Transport Medicine is the neonatal and pediatric critical care transport team of Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago in Illinois. It is a hospital programme. It sets up ground and air transport for critically ill and injured babies and children.

Services

The center takes transfer requests from providers. The site says it offers ground and air critical care expertise 24 hours a day, every day of the week. Transfers are sent from the main hospital in Chicago by ground vehicle, helicopter or fixed-wing aircraft. The center says it arranges transfers worldwide.

The team is made up of registered nurses and respiratory therapists with an advanced scope of practice. Patients can reach the hospital's newborn, pediatric and cardiac intensive care units. The hospital is a Level 1 pediatric trauma center.

How a transfer starts

A transfer request is a provider's decision, but anyone at the sending hospital may call. The center asks for a face sheet, vital signs, weight in kilograms, pending test results and the reason for the transfer. This helps pick the best way to move the patient.

The team hosts a regional conference called Little People Big Problems, and members have published articles on transport topics. The hospital also surveys patients, families and referring centers about their experience.

Facts

• Type: hospital programme of Lurie Children's Hospital
• Accredited by CAMTS, according to the hospital
• Said to be the first neonatal and pediatric specialty transport team of its kind in Illinois