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Chapter 42 - Stabilisation and Transport of the Critically Ill Child

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2025

James Ip
Affiliation:
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
Grant Stuart
Affiliation:
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
Isabeau Walker
Affiliation:
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
Ian James
Affiliation:
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
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Summary

Centralisation of specialist services, such as paediatric critical care, major trauma, cardiac surgery or neurosurgery, improves outcomes. For the critically ill child, accessing specialist critical care services may require transfer, either primarily by a ‘front-line’ ambulance (bypassing non-specialist centres) or secondarily by hospital teams after initial resuscitation and stabilisation in a non-specialist centre.

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Print publication year: 2025

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Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG). Advanced Paediatric Life Support: A Practical Approach to Emergencies, 6th ed. Wiley-Blackwell. 2016.Google Scholar
Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG). Neonatal, Adult and Paediatric Safe Transfer and Retrieval: A Practical Approach to Transfers. Wiley-Blackwell. 2019.Google Scholar
Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (AAGBI). Safety Guideline: Interhospital Transfer. February 2009. Available at: https://anaesthetists.org/Portals/0/PDFs/Guidelines%20PDFs/Guideline_interhospital_transfer_2009_final.pdf?ver=2018-07-11-163754-600&ver=2018-07-11-163754-600. Accessed 25 April 2024.Google Scholar
Children’s Acute Transport Service (CATS). Available online: https://cats.nhs.uk/. Accessed 25 April 2024.Google Scholar
Martin, T. Aeromedical Transportation: A Clinical Guide. MPG Books. 2006.Google Scholar
Paediatric Intensive Care Society. Quality Standards for the Care of Critically Ill or Injured Children, 6th ed. 2021. Available online: https://pccsociety.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/PCCS-Standards-2021.pdf. Accessed 25 April 2024.Google Scholar
South Thames Retrieval Service (STRS). 24 Hour Emergency Referrals. Available online: www.evelinalondon.nhs.uk/our-services/hospital/south-thames-retrieval-service/overview.aspx. Accessed 25 April 2024.Google Scholar

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