PERSPECTIVE
Management
Inter-hospital transport for children and their parent(s)
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Correspondence to:
Dr R C Tasker
University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, Box 116, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK; rct31@cam.ac.uk
Commentary on the paper by Davies et al (see page 1270)
Keywords: intensive care; inter-hospital transport; parent
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Each year, out of a child population of 10.5 million in England and Wales, approximately 10 000 need treatment in paediatric intensive care units (PICU).1 Almost half of these children are transported between the referring hospital and their regional PICU by a specialist team; currently, the Department of Health recommends that parents should not routinely travel with their sick child in the ambulance.2 So, should we be allowing parents to accompany their critically ill child during inter-hospital transport—or should they make their own way? In this issue, the PICU team from Guy’s Hospital report their experience of having the child’s parent accompany them during inter-hospital transport.3 An emphatic "yes" comes from the South Thames Acute Retrieval Service (STARS) that covers the south of England: they still "continue to provide the service" and hope that their "results may inform other services that are considering adopting a similar policy".
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Arch. Dis. Child. 2005 90: 1270-1273.[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
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