RT Book, Section
A1 Ostermayer, Daniel G.
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Cline, David M.
A2 Thomas, Stephen H.
SR Print(0)
ID 1166591225
T1 Neonatal and Pediatric Transport
T2 Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 9e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260019933
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1166591225
RD 2024/04/20
AB Regionalization,  the  organization  of  a  coordinated  system  of  care  across  a  geographic  area,  combines  all  necessary  components  of  care  to  optimize  patient  outcomes.  Regionalized  intensive  care  for  neonatology  and  pediatric  care1  focuses  expensive,  high-technology,  labor-intensive  therapies  to  a  few  regional  centers.  This  model  of  care  originated  from  trauma  center  regionalization  demonstrating  reduction  of  morbidity  and  mortality  for  trauma  patients  at  designated  trauma  centers.2,3  Because  patients  in  need  of  specialized  services  often  present  to  other  hospitals,  interfacility  transport  is  an  important  complement  to  regionalized  intensive  care.4  Specialized  pediatric  transport  services  improve  safety,  decrease  unplanned  adverse  events  (especially  airway  events),  and  lower  mortality.4,  5,  6  This  chapter  reviews  the  general  and  pediatric  considerations  for  the  interfacility  transport  of  critically  ill  neonates  and  children.