Brenner Children's Hospital

Critical Care Transport Team

• Neonatal Transport Team began in June of 1987. It has transitioned over the last 21 years into a Neonatal/Pediatric transport team

• Staffed by a Registered Nurse, a Registered Respiratory Therapist and an EMT Driver

• Total number of RN's are 15 with over 110 years of critical care nursing experience

• Total number of RRT's are 14 with over 125 years of critical care respiratory experience

• Transport patients from the 20 county referral region of Northwest North Carolina, Southern Virginia, and Western Tennessee

• Transport to the Intensive Care Nursery, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Inpatient Pediatric Units, or to the Pediatric Emergency Department of Brenner Children's Hospital

• Trained in the critical care of neonatal and pediatric patients & some team members have more than 20 years critical care experience

The Brenner Children's Hospital Critical Care Transport Team provides many advanced therapies including:

• Intubation
• Mechanical Ventilation
• High Frequency Ventilation
• Inhaled Nitric Oxide Delivery
• Surfactant Administration
• Needle Decompression and Chest Tube Placement
• Central Line Placement with Umbilical Lines or External Jugular Cannulation
• Arterial Line Placement and Monitoring
• EKG Monitoring and Analysis

There are several modes of transport available for transport of the neonatal and pediatric patient. 

1. Three ambulances equipped as mobile critical care units
2. AirCare's Helicopter for patients in need of rapid transport
3. Long Distance transport capability by fixed wing service