Critical Care Transport
Our critical care transport teams are available 24/7 and have immediate access to the OSF Life Flight fleet of helicopters. Both our ground vehicles and helicopters are fully equipped with the most advanced life-saving resources.
Our critical care transport program provides specialized medical transfers for children within a 90-mile radius of Peoria, Illinois.
In an emergency transport situation, driving 90 miles usually takes around 60-75 minutes with an emergency vehicle, but it would take about 90 minutes without one. If a helicopter is used, it can make the trip much faster, taking only about 20-30 minutes, depending on weather and other factors.
What is Critical Care Transport?
Critical care transport is a service that safely moves critically ill and injured children who need intensive medical support from one place to another.
Most often, children are transferred from rural or hard-to-reach areas or are moved from one hospital to another with more specialized services.
Pediatric and Neonatal Critical Care Transport
Pediatric and neonatal critical care transport ensures that critically ill and injured babies and children receive expert medical attention during transfers to OSF Children’s Hospital.
Pediatric Ground Transport
Our experts use advanced equipment to keep kids stable and maintain frequent communication with our physician teams, making sure each child has the same level of care whether in the hospital or in transit.
Services include:
- Invasive monitoring to measure vitals
- IV and catheterization access
- Non-invasive and invasive ventilation
- Non-invasive and invasive ventilation
- Intravenous and intraosseous insertion and management
NICU Transport
Our mobile NICU ensures that your patient has all the services of the NICU while being transported.
Services include:
- Blood transfusions if needed
- Body temperature evaluation and treatment
- Chest decompression
- Constant blood pressure monitoring
- Intubation
- Surgical capabilities
- Wide-ranging ventilation options
- X-ray analysis for assessing medical conditions
Transport Team Members
Each transport is overseen by our board-certified pediatric intensivist or neonatal critical care intensivists, ensuring that every baby or child receives comprehensive, top-level medical attention throughout the journey.
Pediatric Transport
Our team has specialized training in pediatric critical care and emergency management with a minimum of two years’ experience in pediatric critical care or emergency medicine. Each team member holds the following certifications:
- Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
- Pediatric Fundamental Critical Care Support (PFCCS)
NICU Transport
All nurses have a minimum of two years’ experience in neonatal critical care as well as the following certifications:
- Neonatal resuscitation