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.
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 helicopter safely transport more over 2,000 infants and children a year to Wolfson Children’s for emergency critical care, trauma and specialty care.
Why Wolfson
Wolfson Children’s is the only ACS-verified Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center in the region. Treatment at our emergency centers comes with the full range of resources of our nationally recognized children’s hospital. That means quick access to doctors representing 30+ pediatric specialties and a multidisciplinary Pediatric Trauma team in house 24/7.
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.
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Direct Access to Life Saving Trauma Care When Minutes Matter
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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.
Kids Kare Helicopter
Carries pediatric-specific medical equipment for advanced life support, including:
- Advanced monitoring
- Defibrillator/pacemaker capability
- Advanced airway management equipment
- Isolette for newborns to regulate body temperature
- Nitric oxide
The new Kids Kare helicopter is fully equipped with all medications and supplies needed to treat a critically ill or injured infant or child during transport. The helicopter also includes a satellite phone to ensure constant communication between the crew and pediatric physician specialists at Wolfson Children’s during transport.
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.
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Kids Kare in Action
Kids Kare Transport team to the rescue
Baptist Health team members answer the call for help during record-setting hurricane season.
Valdosta-area boy reunites with transport team who saved his life
Swollen tonsils turn into an emergency procedure
Baker County Boy Airlifted After Heart Stops
Teen collapses on tennis court after sudden cardiac arrest.