Pediatric Ground Transport
The pediatric critical care ground transport team at OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois provides 24/7 care to ensure critically ill pediatric patients receive specialized care and support, reducing the risk of complications while being transported.
Our Pediatric Ground Transport Team
Our certified and experienced team is composed of respiratory therapists and registered nurses with specialized training in pediatric critical care and emergency management. During the transport, the team is in frequent contact with in-house, board-certified pediatric intensivists. These specialists help guide care along the way.
The team is skilled and equipped to provide a broad range of critical care capabilities such as invasive monitoring and mechanical ventilation, hemodynamic support and more.
Program Coverage Radius
Our critical care transport program provides specialized medical transfers for pediatric patients within a 90-mile radius of Peoria, Illinois. This ensures critically ill children receive expert care when every minute counts.
Who to Refer
OSF Children’s Hospital’s pediatric ground transport program is dedicated to safely transferring critically ill children who need urgent or specialized medical care.
If your patient needs these services, refer them to our expert team:
- Hemodynamic monitoring and support
- Intravenous and intraosseous insertion and management
- Invasive monitoring to measure vitals
- IV and catheterization access
- Non-invasive and invasive ventilation
How to Refer
Providers can connect with our transport team 24/7 via our dedicated referral line or through Epic.
To refer your patient, call (800) 252-5433 or (309) 655-2811.
In OSF Epic, use REFADT21.
Please have the following information ready for referral:
- Patient’s name, birthdate, medical record number (if transfer is within OSF)
- Ground or air (air transport provided by OSF Life Flight)
- Destination unit: intensive care or intermediate care
Program Distinctions
OSF Children’s Hospital of Illinois is recognized with many highly regarded distinctions. That means you can be sure you and your child are getting the highest standard of care.
As the third largest pediatric hospital in Illinois and the only full-service tertiary hospital for kids downstate, OSF Children’s Hospital cares for more children in Illinois than any hospital outside of Chicago. We are also the only Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center outside of Chicago, equipped to care for children in the most critical situations.
With 136 beds and more than 140 pediatric subspecialists, OSF Children’s Hospital is a designated Pediatric Critical Care by Illinois Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) and ELSO Center for Excellence for the use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO).