title: American Academy of Pediatrics. Committee on Injury and Poison Prevention. Transporting children with special health care needs.
abstract: Children with special health care needs should have access to proper resources for safe transportation. This statement reviews important considerations for transporting children with special health care needs and provides current guidelines for the protection of children with specific health care needs, including those with a tracheostomy, a spica cast, challenging behaviors, or muscle tone abnormalities as well as those transported in wheelchairs.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bull
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Agran
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Laraque
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Pollack
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Spivak
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tenenbein
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Tully
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Brenner
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bryn
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Neverman
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Schieber
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stanwick
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tinsworth
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Tully
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Katcher
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D001523:Mental Disorders; D011482:Protective Devices; D014139:Tracheostomy; D014186:Transportation; D014910:Wheelchairs