Each year our Equipo de traslados de cuidados intensivos, directed by Monica Kleinman, MD, transports nearly 1,000 of the region's most critically ill and injured children. Because expert transportation of these children can mean the difference between life and death, our Critical Care Transport Ambulance is staffed by a team of two critical care transport registered nurses and an EMT-Paramedic.
Each team is highly skilled and experienced in the special needs that children have during this important transitionary phase of their care. The ambulance itself is unique, holding all of the equipment and medication necessary on board to earn its reputation as an ICU on wheels.
Communication specialists within the Transport Team handle all aspects of patient transfer. From access to the medical control physician and bed assignment to consultation with appropriate specialists and assistance with stabilization, the complete patient transfer is coordinated with one phone call.
For patient transfer information to Children's from another facility, call 1-866-771-KIDS. For further information about the Critical Care Transport Team, call 617-355-8410.
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When ambulance transport isn't enough, Boston MedFlight is called upon. Boston MedFlight is a critical care transport service created in 1985 as a non-profit public charity by a consortium of Boston teaching institutions, including Children's. MedFlight plays an integral role in the Massachusetts EMS system and provides linkage for the most critically ill and injured patients requiring transport from community hospitals to trauma and tertiary care centers.
