A regionalised transport service, the way ahead?

Abstract

Units in the United Kingdom are now concentrating on improving the transport of neonates and children. The aim is to have a transport process that can oVer a level of care akin to that of a neonatal or paediatric tertiary centre at the point of retrieval. Studies point to a high number of adverse events when inexperienced staV move children. 1 2 There have been articles on neonatal 3 and paediatric transport. We describe our transport model, which implements a combined neonatal and paediatric transport service for the State of New South Wales, Australia coordinated by a telephone triage mechanism.