Transporting Children With Special Health Care Needs

Children with special health care needs should have access to proper resources for safe transportation. This statement reviews important considerations for transporting children with special health care needs and provides current guidelines for the protection of children with specific health care ne...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pediatrics (Evanston) 1999-10, Vol.104 (4), p.988-992
Hauptverfasser:	Bull, Marilyn, Agran, Phyllis, Laraque, Danielle, Pollack, Susan H
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences Child safety seats Children & youth Disabled children Emergency and intensive care: techniques, logistics Guidelines Health care Intensive care medicine Intensive care unit. Emergency transport systems. Emergency, hospital ward Medical sciences Pediatrics Transport. Aerospace. Diving. Altitude Transportation Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
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Zusammenfassung:	Children with special health care needs should have access to proper resources for safe transportation. This statement reviews important considerations for transporting children with special health care needs and provides current guidelines for the protection of children with specific health care needs, including those with a tracheostomy, a spica cast, challenging behaviors, or muscle tone abnormalities as well as those transported in wheelchairs.
ISSN:	0031-4005 1098-4275
DOI:	10.1542/peds.104.4.988