A paediatric emergency transport service: one year's experience.
A paediatric emergency transport service (PETS) has been developed in Melbourne to cater for the secondary evacuation of children beyond the neonatal period. A consultative and transport service is provided. Forty-six children were transported in the first year of operation and the details are now reported. It is believed that the service is fulfilling a hiatus in the delivery of emergency health care to regional centres and that it will reduce morbidity and mortality in this group of critically ill children.
D000293:Adolescent; D001315:Australia; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003422:Critical Care; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010372:Pediatrics; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012151:Resuscitation; D014187:Transportation of Patients / Q000592:standards