Teddy Bear Transport

Cook Children's is supported by one of the largest pediatric transport programs in the nation. More than 2,200 children are transported to Cook Children's Medical Center annually from Texas and its surrounding states, most for critical care.

Our transport vehicles include a King Air B200 critical care transport airplane, an American Eurocopter 145 helicopter and four ambulances. Each are equipped to transport critical care patients and feature pediatric-oriented technology. Our team of highly specialized nurses, respiratory therapists and paramedics begin giving care to your patient immediately upon our arrival to your location. Once they arrive at Cook Children's Medical Center, patients will be treated by our board certified physicians and nationally recognized nursing staff. Cook Children's Medical Center has achieved Magnet designation, which places our nurses in the top 5 percent in the nation.

Specialized neonatal and pediatric critical care teams

Cook Children's Teddy Bear Transport staff of 52 neonatal/pediatric nurses, respiratory therapists and paramedics is proud to have more than 400 combined years of transport experience. This team is dedicated to getting the most medically fragile children and neonates to our award-winning medical center quickly and safely.

Our level IIIC NICU is staffed with a team of neonatologists and specialists who combine expertise with the latest technology to provide the highest level of neonatal care available.

Cook Children's designated level II Trauma Center is staffed and equipped to provide comprehensive emergency medical services to patients suffering traumatic injuries 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Interfacility transport, performed by a pediatric critical care specialized transport team, compared with transport by a nonspecialized team, was associated with improved survival rates and fewer unplanned events during transport, regardless of the severity of illness.¹

Cook Children's Teddy Bear Transport team is proud to have:

• Certification by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Services (CAMTS).
• The first pediatric/neonatal transport team in Texas to utilize high-frequency ventilation in an air medical helicopter. The high-frequency ventilator is now a standard fixture in all isolettes, offering conventional or high-frequency ventilation on every neonatal transport.
• One of the first transport teams to utilize nitrogen and carbon dioxide gases on transport. Nitric oxide is now standard on isolettes and available on every neonatal transport.
• A neonatal transport team that will travel to high-risk deliveries to ensure that the child receives the best care as quickly as possible.
• Hospital-based care to help achieve quality, safety and access to board certified physicians.
• Patient representatives, who collaborate with the referring physician to choose the most appropriate mode of transportation.
• A fleet fully equipped with all necessary supplies, including satellite phones to ensure constant communication.
• An accident-free status for 25 years and counting.
• Cook Children's Teddy Bear Transport now offers active cooling in transport.

Introducing a new team member who can fly

Our latest addition to the team – an EC-145 helicopter – is equipped with leading-edge technology and safety features including:

• Twin engine aircraft
• Terrain awareness warning system
• Traffic collision avoidance system
• Wire strike prevention
• Autopilot system
• Onboard cockpit video and voice recording system
• XM weather radar
• Dual-GPS system
• DVD system for the patient
• Satellite tracking and communication
• Digital audio control system

Fixed-wing airplane operated by SevenBar Aviation, Albuquerque, N.M. EC-145 operated by Air Methods Corporation, Engelwood, Colo.