Hasbro Children's Hospital
Pediatric Transport Service
The Transport Team
- Transport Medical Director
Stephanie Sudikoff, MD, board certified in pediatrics and
pediatric critical care medicine, is the medical director of pediatric
transport services. She supervises all medical and administrative
aspects of the transport program and ensures that all members
of the transport team are capable and prepared to provide quality
care to a critically ill child during transport.
- Clinical Manager
Sherry Gagnon, CCRN, is the team's clinical manager. She is
responsible for all administrative, budgetary and personnel issues.
- Physicians
The pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) attending
physician supervises every transport, and is available 24 hours
a day for telephone consultation. The physician travelling with
the team is a senior pediatrics or emergency medicine resident,
who has completed a PICU rotation, transport team orientation
seminar, and is Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certified.
- Registered Nurses
The team currently has two dedicated transport nurses, Pam
Frappier, RN, and Jodi Russell, RN. Both Pam and Jodi
have several years experience as pediatric critical care nurses,
and have also undergone additional specialty and airway management
training for transport medicine. All nurses who work with the
transport team must have at least 2 years experience in the pediatric
intensive care unit, extensive training in pediatric transport,
and must be certified in PALS.
- Pediatric Critical Care Nurse Practitioner
Nella Stoltz, PCCNP, is the pediatric critical care nurse
practitioner working with the transport team. Nella performs transports,
assists with the education and training of the staff, and makes
follow-up phone calls to referring physicians.
- Respiratory Therapists
Pediatric respiratory therapists accompany the team when the patient's
condition warrants. They all have experience in our PICU, additional
training and experience in transport, and carry certifications
in CPR and PALS.
- Emergency Medical Technicians
Our primary ambulance company, New England Ambulance, provides
us with two emergency medical technicians who are specially trained
in driving the mobile intensive care units and are an integral
part of the clinical team. At least one EMT on every transport
carries a minimum of EMT-C or paramedic certification. The crew
also participate in pediatric focused educational seminars in
the PICU.
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