Critical Care Transport

If your child is critically ill at another medical facility and needs transport to Wolfson Children’s Hospital, you can trust us to provide safe transport with life-saving care along the way.

Wolfson Children's Emergency Centers

Experienced Teams

During transport, your child is cared for by nurses and respiratory therapists experienced in pediatric and newborn critical care.

Serving the Region

Covering the entire region in North Florida and South Georgia, our Kids Kare vehicles and Life Flight helicopter safely transport more than 1,300 infants and children a year to Wolfson Children’s for emergency critical care, trauma and specialty care.

Wolfson Children's Hospital Transport Coverage Area

Wolfson Children's Emergency Centers

Related Information

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PICU

Kids Kare Mobile ICU

Kids Kare is equipped with everything needed to care for critically ill infants and children of all ages:

Advanced monitoring
Defibrillator, IV pumps and medications
Neonatal/pediatric ventilators
Infant isolettes with warmers
Equipment for oxygenation and airway management

A parent may ride along if conditions allow. DVD players allow less critical patients to watch videos on longer trips.

Air Services

Our helicopter and airplane are self-contained critical care units with equipment for advanced life support, including:

Advanced monitoring
Ventilator
Defibrillator/pacemaker
Three-channel IV pump
More than 40 medications
Advanced airway management equipment
Two multi-function monitors
End-tidal carbon dioxide detectors

Wolfson Children's Hospital Arrange Transportation

How to Arrange Transportation

Hospitals or referring physicians that need to arrange patient transport should call the Wolfson Children’s Hospital Transfer Center 24/7.

With one call, you will be connected to an attending physician, who will determine your patient’s eligibility and notify our patient transfer coordinator to immediately initiate patient transport via Kids Kare, Life Flight or airplane.