Paediatric transfer service finds ultrasound vital
CATS advanced nurse practitioner Cathy Roberts.
The Children’s Acute Transport Service (CATS), based in the north Thames area, depends on point-of-care ultrasound systems to get quick and accurate vascular access in critically ill children being transferred to specialist treatment centres.
Advanced nurse practitioner Cathy Roberts explained: “In the UK, paediatric intensive care is provided at centralised units, and children needing this care must be safely transferred there by people with appropriate knowledge and skills. CATS provides a retrieval service for the north Thames area, transferring around 1,200 critically ill children a year from regional hospitals to those offering paediatric intensive care, such as Great Ormond Street, St Mary’s, the Royal Brompton, the Royal London and Addenbrooke’s.”
See the full report on page 17 of the April 2017 issue of RAD Magazine.
