Transporting children with special health care needs

Authors
Bull, M Agran, P Laraque, D Pollack, SH Smith, GA Spivak, HR Tenenbein, M Tully, SB Brenner, RA Bryn, S Neverman, C Schieber, RA Stanwick, R Tinsworth, D Tully, WP Garcia, V Katcher, ML
Citation
M. Bull et al., Transporting children with special health care needs, PEDIATRICS, 104(4), 1999, pp. 988-992
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,"Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
PEDIATRICS
ISSN journal
00314005 → ACNP
Volume
104
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
988 - 992
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-4005(199910)104:4<988:TCWSHC>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Children with special health care needs should have access to proper resour ces for safe transportation. This statement reviews important consideration s for transporting children with special health care needs and provides cur rent guidelines for the protection of children with specific health care ne eds, including those with a tracheostomy, a spica cast, challenging behavio rs, or muscle tone abnormalities as well as those transported in wheelchair s.