A doctor, trained in Intensive Care, will always be on board (If Confirm by Patient). To assist him with the patient, will be a male nurse and a ward-boy, apart from the driver, who would also help in the shifting of the patient.
This is a breathing machine. It supplies oxygen to all patients, whether adults, or children.
It is used to shock a diseased heart to bring it back to normal.
To take out secretions (sputum) from the lungs.
Our specially trained team transports the smallest and sickest infants from area hospitals. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the Truett & Margaret Crim Maternity Center. Hunt Regional Medical Center’s NICU transport team NICU is the area’s only provider of Level III neonatal services and provides 24/7 coverage by a board-certified Doctor’s.
The NICU transport team is a specialty unit that provides inter-facility ambulance transportation for babies. The team of specialists then transports sick babies from regional hospitals back to Hunt Regional where they can receive a higher level of care.
Hospital-to-hospital distance affects the outcome when transporting fragile patients. That’s why we bring the NICU to the baby.
Our transport team is equipped with portable ventilators, monitors, IV pumps, medication, and additional equipment needed to provide a high level of critical care for babies.
NICU clinicians are trained as members of the transport team, including:
This is a light-weight aluminum suitcase, containing all emergency drug, equipment and infusions (drips). It is carried by the Mobile Critical Care Team to start emergency treatment on the spot.