Pediatric Transport Medicine: Many Miles Traveled

All of us in the practice of pediatric emergency medicine rely on the interfacility transport of patients. If you work at a tertiary care center’s emergency department (ED), you are dependent on transport teams’ safe delivery of patients to you from outside facilities that have exhausted their resources. If you work at a satellite ED, community ED, or urgent care center, you depend on these teams to continue the care you have begun until the patient is safely under the care of the referral center. Lastly, if you are lucky enough to be a medical director of a pediatric transport service, it may even provide some job security!
Source: Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Guest Editors' Preface Source Type: research