Neonatal Transport Team

Care begins as soon as the transport team picks up a patient. During the trip to CHOG, we are in continuous consultation with board-certified neonatologists. Our team is trained and ready to:

• Monitor EKG, blood pressure, respiration, oxygen saturation, and other invasive monitoring, as needed.
• Administer intramuscular, intraocular, endotracheal and intravenous medications and therapies.
• Offer management of artificial airways and ventilators and inhaled nitric oxide.
• Provide wound and skin management.

When critically ill infants need specialized care, we'll come to your hospital to pick up a patient and bring them to CHOG. 

Call us if you have a newborn with:

• Congenital heart defects or cardiovascular anomalies
• Disorders requiring ECMO or other specialty services
• Prematurity
• Respiratory distress or failure
• Seizures
• Sepsis
• Severe or persistent apnea

Neonatal Transport Nursing Team

• Ashley Ballis, RN, BSN, NIC-RNC
• Carmen Burdette, RN, ADN, RNC-NIC,
  C-NPT
• Sara Elizabeth Curry, RN, BSN, RNC-NIC, C-NPT
• Mary Beth Dowdy, RN, ADN
• Abbie D. Gurley, RN, BSN
• Tonya C. Hebert, RN, BSN, RNC-NIC
• Patricia K. O'Neill, RN, BSN, NIC-RNC
• Patricia J. Parker RN, RNC-NIC, C-NPT
• Evonne Rodgers, RN, BSN, RNC-NIC
• Katherine Thomason, RN, BSN 

Respiratory Therapy Team

• Clifton Dennis, BHA, RRT, AE-C
• Stephen Dishmond, BSRT, RRT, NPS
• Stephanie Patterson, RRT, NPS
• Jason Kiser, BSRT, RRT
• Kelli Mock, BSRT, RRT, AE-C
• Dabney Eidson, BSRT, RRT, NPS
• Amy Cato, BSRT, RRT, CES-A
• Joey Pasto, BSRT, RRT
• Stacey Young, BSRT, RRT, NPS
• Stephanie Robinson, BSRT, RRT, NPS, CES-A
• Andrew Melear, BSRT, RRT

Pediatric Respiratory Therapy