Services Our pediatric transport team serves all hospitals in Georgia and the surrounding area. We are trained to quickly transport children by helicopter or ambulance to the Children's Hospital of Georgia where they will get the highest level of emergency care available.
Pediatric Transport Team
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In emergency situations, patients are brought to Children’s Hospital of Georgia either by ambulance or by helicopter. During transport, the pediatric transport team provides comprehensive, intensive care, monitoring each child based on their individual needs. The team has the training to understand the unique growth and development patterns of children and are in continuous contact with CHOG's board-certified pediatric intensivists en route. When patients arrive, they are brought to our level I PICU.
The pediatric transport team will travel anywhere in the area, by ground or air, to pick up children and get them to CHOG quickly and safely.
Every member of our transport team has ICU expertise in pediatric critical care. The team includes intensive care nurses and respiratory therapists, and will provide:
Any child who needs specialized equipment for their care should be able to get it. CHOG is the only hospital, outside of Atlanta, that offers ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation). ECMO is used to help the sickest of the sick, this includes children with congenital heart defects. The team is trained to provide continuous care during transport to get these critically ill patient to our skilled specialists as fast as possible.
For children who suffer from long-term illness, such as seizures or chronic renal failure, emergency transport can be life-saving. In emergency situations, our experienced team will administer continuous care to a child while they are in transit to CHOG.
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