Re: MDs on Transport

[Debbie Irwin <fishie67@yahoo.com>]

--- Kie Shelley <Kie.Shelley@chmcc.org> wrote:
> Hello to Everyone,
> 
> I am looking to see what the "industry" standard is
> for utilizing MDs
> on transport for neonatal and pediatric transport
> teams.  If you could
> please take the time to respond to the following
> questionaire, it would
> be greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance.
> 
> Kie Shelley RRT
> Cincinnati Children's Transport Team
> 
> 1.  Name of your hospital/team St Joseph's
Neonatal/Infant transport team
> 
> 2.  City & State Tampa, Florida
> 
> 3.  Team Composition (RN/RN, RT/RN, etc)RN/RT
> 
> 4.  Approximate number of pediatric runs per year?
We only do infants less than a year but about half are
considered infants and half are considered neonates.
We did about 200
> 
> 5.  Approximate number of neonatal runs per year?
> 
> 6.  Do you utilize MDs on transport? No
> 
> 7.  If so, what percentage of neo/ped runs are made
> with an MD?
> 
> 8.  What criteria do you use to decide if MD is
> needed? Have only used an MD once in the last 7
years I've been on the team. That was for an infant
going for lung transplant in St Louis in case we had
problems. Basically, she was there for the ride.
> 
> 9.  Are your MDs inhouse or on-call for transports?
> 
> 10. If on-call, how long do they have to respond for
> the run?
> 
> 11. What is the MDs role on transport?
> 
> 12. What is your opinion of the pros/cons of taking
> an MD on
> transport? I feel as a team we all work well
together and are competent in our field. Our MD's are
just a phone call away if we need them. I think our
system works well for us.
> 
> Sorry for the length of the questionaire.
> 
> 
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