Transport Requests
- To arrange a transport call 1-800-642-6666 and ask to be transferred to the transport team, or call the transport team directly at 1-614-722-5100. If you are a medical professional arranging transport services, download our transport reference card.
- Learn more about our transport team »
Transport Program
Nationwide Children's Transport program provides urgent mobile and flight medical care to nearly 1,700 patients each year, with more than half of those being newborns. The team is one of the few in the country capable of transporting neonates on nitric oxide therapy and high-frequency oscillation at the same time.
All members of the transport team are trained and proficient in many advanced skills, including:
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Endotracheal intubation
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Advanced ventilator management
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Umbilical catheter placement
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Chest tube insertion
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Nitric oxide administration
For Parents
For parents whose child must be transported to another hospital, understanding all the details can be overwhelming. Our transport team works directly with the referring physician and/or hospital staff to help families understand where their child is being transported, what they can expect when they arrive at the hospital, and to arrange other needs that may arise. For infants being transported more than two hours away, the team will work with the admitting unit to arrange overnight accommodations.
Children’s Transport Team will call referring physicians or hospital staff with patient updates within 24-48 hours of transport, as well as provide an update either by fax or mail.
Above is a view of one of Nationwide Children's Mobile Intensive Care Units.
If your child is being transferred, it is most likely because your doctor feels that your child needs more intense, specialized care than your current hospital may be able to provide.
One parent or guardian will be asked to ride with their child during the transport to Children’s. Postpartum mothers that have just been discharged are encouraged to ride with a family member because of complications that can arise after giving birth. Other family members will be asked to meet up with the Transport Team and their child at Children’s.
The Newborn Intensive Care Unit at the Children’s Hospital provides the finest care for the smallest and sickest infants. But to better serve the needs of our patients and communities, Children’s Hospital has partnered with OhioHealth to also bring intensive infant care to Riverside, Grant and Doctors’ West hospitals. Each “hospital within a hospital” provides intensive care for our tiniest patients. Specially trained doctors, nurses and therapists provide around-the-clock treatment and comfort for your baby, using the latest medical advances and technologies.
Both Children’s Main Campus and Riverside Methodist Hospital are home to Level III NICU’s. These units are equipped with the most highly trained specialists and technology to care for the sickest and most premature infants.
Level II Newborn Special Care units, like the ones found Doctors West and Grant Medical Center are designed for babies who require special observation, nursing and medical care and equipment. Your child may require this level of care from birth, or may be transferred from the more intensive care provided by the NICU's at Children’s and Riverside.
Our Welcome Center Services will be able to assist your family.
