Pediatric and Neonatal Interfacility Transport: Results From a National Consensus Conference abstract

The practice of pediatric/neonatal interfacility transport continues to expand. Transport teams have evolved into mobile ICUs capable of delivering state-of-the-art critical care during pediatric and neonatal transport. The most recent document regarding the practice of pediatric/neonatal transport is more than a decade old. The following article details changes in the practice of interfacility transport over the past decade and expresses the consensus views of leaders in the field of transport medicine, including the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Section on Transport Medicine. Pediatrics 2013;132:1–8 AUTHORS: Michael H. Stroud, MD, FAAP,a Michael S. Trautman, MD, FAAP,bc Keith Meyer, MD, FAAP,cd M. Michele Moss, MD, FAAP,ac Hamilton P. Schwartz, MD, FAAP,ce Michael T. Bigham, MD, FAAP,cf Nicholas Tsarouhas, MD, FAAP,cg Webra Price Douglas, RN, PhD,ch Janice Romito, RNC, MSN, NNP,c Sherrie Hauft, MD, FAAP,ci Michael T. Meyer, MD, FAAP,c,j and Robert Insoft, MD, FAAPc,k aDepartment of Pediatrics, Section of Critical Care Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; bDepartment of Pediatrics, Section of Neonatal–Perinatal Medicine, Indian University School of Medicine; cExecutive Committee Member, American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Transport Medicine; dDepartment of Pediatrics, Miami Children’s Hospital; eDivision of Emergency Medicine, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; fDepartment of Pediatrics, Section of Critical Care Medicine, Akron Children’s Hospital, Akron, Ohio; gDepartment of Pediatrics, Section of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; hMaryland Regional Neonatal Transport Program, Baltimore, Maryland; iDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine; jDepartment of Pediatrics, Section of Critical Care Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin; and kDepartment of Newborn Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School