Air medical journal
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Air medical journal · Mar 2014
Specialty pediatric transport in primary care or urgent care settings.
We sought to describe a single center's experience with specialized critical care transport from non-hospital settings, including primary care offices and urgent care centers. We hypothesized that the majority of patients will require procedures outside the scope of practice of most EMS providers and will be better served by specialized pediatric critical care transport (SPCCT) teams. ⋯ Our small cohort demonstrates infrequent application of advanced critical care interventions beyond those provided by the referring primary care office or urgent care centers. This supports the practice of SPCCT teams providing transport services for select critically ill children at primary care offices and urgent care centers, but not as a standard practice for most pediatric patients in these settings.
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Air medical journal · Mar 2014
Case ReportsKetamine sedation during air medical retrieval of an agitated patient.
Air medical retrieval of acutely agitated patients is challenging in terms of safety for all parties involved. We describe a case in which the largest recorded dose of ketamine sedation in air medical history allowed the successful transport of an acutely agitated patient from a remote community.