What is a Pediatric/Neonatal Critical Care Transport Team?

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Patient Education| 2021 What is a Pediatric/Neonatal Critical Care Transport Team? Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation What is a Pediatric/Neonatal Critical Care Transport Team?. Pediatric Patient Education 2021; 10.1542/peo_document162 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All AAP SitesAll PublicationsPediatric Patient Education Search Advanced Search Subjects: Pediatric Specialist Handouts Topics: neonatal intensive care If your newborn is premature or your child has a critical illness or injury requiring transportation from one medical facility to another, your newborn or child may require the care of a Pediatric/Neonatal Critical Care Transport Team. Some conditions require the expertise offered at larger or more specialized facilities. When medical transportation from one hospital to another is needed, a pediatric/neonatal critical care transport team may assist your newborn or child during travel. Members of a pediatric/neonatal critical care transport team can include nurses, paramedics, respiratory care practitioners, doctors, and other health care workers with special training in the care of premature newborns and ill and injured children. They have the training and equipment to properly care for newborns and children in an ambulance, airplane, or helicopter. Pediatric/neonatal critical care transport team members have extensive experience caring for newborns, as well as... Copyright © 20042004American Academy of Pediatrics You do not currently have access to this content.