Guidelines for Air and Ground Transport of Neonatal and Pediatric Patients

This is an important resource for transport teams. There are no comparable books." Jay P. Goldsmith, MD, Tulane University School of Medicine

Robert M. Insoft, MD, FAAP, is the Senior Vice-President for Medical Affairs and Quality at Women & Infants Hospital where he is also a practicing neonatologist. He is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Brown University Alpert Medical School. He served 2 elected terms as Chair of the AAPs Section on Transport Medicine and co-chaired and spoke/taught at multiple Academy, PREP and other regional, national/international conferences. He has authored numerous research articles and chapters, many on quality improvement and transport medicine.

1. Organization of a Neonatal-Pediatric Interfacility Transport Service 2. Transport Program Administration 3. Transport Team Clinicians, Health Care Professionals, and Team Composition 4. Transport Program Personnel, Training, and Assessment 5. Communications and the Dispatch Center 6. Equipment and Medications 7. Legal Issues 8. Quality Improvement 9. Safety 10. Transport Mode: Issues, Timing, Safety, Selection Criteria, Considerations, and Options 11. Transport Physiology and Stresses of Transport 12. Patient- and Family-Centered Care 13. Marketing the Neonatal-Pediatric Transport Program 14. Outreach Education 15. Financial Considerations 16. Database Development and Application 17. Transport Research 18. Ethics 19. Accreditation 20. Special Considerations for Neonatal-Pediatric Transport 21. Telemedicine in Transport 22. Stress Management, Debriefing, and Team Health 23. Involvement and Integration with EMS Appendix A: Sample Position Descriptions Appendix B: Sample Transport Database Collection Fields Appendix C: Sample Transport Medicine Transfer Agreement Appendix D: Policies and Procedures Appendix E: Transport Resources Appendix F: Key Elements of a Neonatal/Pediatric Transport Team Appendix G: Emergency Medical Conditions (EMS) Form