title: Flying home.
abstract: In the rapidly progressing field of critical care, the diverse delivery of such care seems to be reaching new "heights." In particular, aeromedical transport of critically ill patients involves detailed preparation for the worst possibilities but with expectations for the best outcomes. The following case is presented as testimony to the challenges of critical care transport.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. Dunn_K@A1.TCH.Harvard.EDU
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Dunn
mesh_terms: D017732:Air Ambulances; D000399:Air Pressure; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010360:Patient Transfer / Q000379:methods*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D013696:Temperature