Airway Evidence is lacking to suggest that Low/Strong In the Protocols – transport time or distance should be a (11) factor to guide the type of airway management. Therefore, we suggest that decisions to escalate care for airway management should be based on patient response to oxygenation/ventilation NO CHANGE NEEDED interventions. We suggest that pediatric patients with Very Not specifically in the ‘Airway – Post respiratory failure that cannot be Low/Strong protocols other than – Airway managed should be transported to the Brown 5 allowing for closest appropriate critical care facility Regional Destination Choice for airway stabilization prior to transferring the patient to a facility with pediatric critical care capability. NO CHANGE NEEDED
Airway – (11) Evidence is lacking to suggest that transport time or distance should be a factor to guide the type of airway management. Therefore, we suggest that decisions to escalate care for airway management should be based on patient response to oxygenation/ventilation interventions. Low/Strong In the Protocols NO CHANGE NEEDED ‘Airway – Post Airway Choice We suggest that pediatric patients with respiratory failure that cannot be managed should be transported to the closest appropriate critical care facility for airway stabilization prior to transferring the patient to a facility with pediatric critical care capability. Very Low/Strong Not specifically in the protocols – other than Brown 5 allowing for Regional Destination NO CHANGE NEEDED