When a Critically Ill Child is Oceans Away From a PICU: A Military Pediatric CCAT Mission

• 2024

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• Kevin Brinkman; Luke Zabrocki; Noelle Cadotte; Renee Matos
PMID: 38330092DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usae013

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This article describes a military mission to transport a very sick 4-year-old boy from Guam to the U.S. for better medical care. The child had severe breathing problems and needed special treatment during the long flight. A team of doctors, nurses, and specialists worked together using military planes to safely move him across the ocean. They faced challenges like equipment issues and temperature control but managed to stabilize him during the journey. The mission shows how important it is for trained pediatric teams to handle such critical situations in air transport missions effectively.

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Focus Area: Everyday Emergency

Audiences: Emergency Managers; EMS Clinicians; Nurses; Physicians

Emergency Management Stages: Response; Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Keywords: Child, Preschool; Critical Care; Critical Illness; Guam; Hyperthermia, Induced; Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; Military Medicine; Pediatrics; Resuscitation; Ventilators, Mechanical; Air Ambulances; Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Institutions: Brooke Army Medical Center; Naval Medical Center, San Diego

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