PICU Transport

Caring for pediatric patients who are critically ill or injured is an integrated process that requires special knowledge of the special requirements for the pediatric population. The team in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit knows just that and is therefore called upon more than 750 times a year by surrounding hospitals to transport their patients to Miller Children’s.

To ensure the safety of our patients, the PICU at Miller Children’s Hospital Long Beach has a dedicated transport program available 24/7. A skilled team of pediatric intensivists and nurses goes to other hospitals unable to care for the critically ill patient to transport the patient to Miller Children’s Hospital Long Beach. The patients are transferred to a hospital with a multi-disciplinary team of physicians, nurses and respiratory therapists.