Stabilizing and transferring the critically ill child in a general hospital

Abstract

This chapter provides the reader with a simple approach to managing the sick child who needs medical stabilization and then transfer to a tertiary centre. The dangers of transferring a patient and a joint approach by referring and receiving centres is discussed. A pre-transfer checklist is included to promote safe practice in an often stressful and unfamiliar environment. The chapter also briefly covers some of the issues of air transfer with these patients.