Pediatric Transport Team

Every member of the Pediatric Transport Team has Pediatric ICU expertise in the critical care of children. Our team is made up of trained intensive care nurses and pediatric respiratory therapists that have more than 30 years of pediatric critical care experience.

During transport we are in continuous contact with a board-certified pediatric physician intensivist and can provide pediatric patients with:

• Life-saving emergency care
• Ventilator support
• Invasive monitoring
• Vasoactive drugs administered with pediatric specific IV drips and medication dosages

Patient requires the following:

• Requires a higher level of care than is available locally
• Faces a technology-dependent emergency
• Is in respiratory distress
• Has an injury that suggests abuse
• Has deteriorating vital signs
• Exhibits an altered level of consciousness
• Is experiencing cardiac problems
• Has suffered a trauma

As the only hospital outside Atlanta that treats congenital heart defects and has pediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) capability, it is critical for transport to provide continuous critical care and get any critically ill pediatric patient to the most skilled pediatric specialists as soon as possible.

In addition, for many pediatric transport needs, an emergency can occur in the long-term disease management of a range of childhood illnesses. In the case of a seizure or chronic renal failure, it is important to use an experienced Pediatric Transport Team for continuous ICU care.

LifeNet is the only nationally accredited premier air medical transport program in Georgia.  It is part of the LifeNet Division of Air Methods Corporation, the largest provider of air medical transport in the world with over 365 aircraft and thousands of air medical professionals from coast to coast.