Guidelines for Air and Ground Transport of Neonatal and Pediatric Patients

• All chapters thoroughly reviewed and updated by the leading authorities in transport medicine
• New chapter on telemedicine covering equipment and teleconferencing, telemedicine in other clinical settings, regulations and reimbursement, and more
• Expanded sections on driving performance improvement, risk management, and bioethics
• Updated Web resources
• Handy tools including sample position descriptions, sample transport medicine transfer agreement, policies and procedures, and more

Editor in Chief:
Robert M. Insoft, MD, FAAP is the Senior Vice-President for Medical Affairs and Quality at Women & Infants Hospital where he is also a practicing neonatologist. He is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Brown University Alpert Medical School. He served 2 elected terms as Chair of the AAP’s Section on Transport Medicine and co-chaired and spoke/taught at multiple Academy, PREP and other regional, national/international conferences. He has authored numerous research articles and chapters, many on quality improvement and transport medicine.

Associate editor:
Hamilton P. Schwartz, MD, MEd, FAAP, FACEP is a board-certified physician in Pediatrics, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, and Emergency Medical Services. He is an Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s where he has worked for 16 years. Dr. Schwartz has been serving on the Ohio Medical Transportation Board as a governor-appointed member since 2009. He served two terms as an elected executive committee member of The American Academy of Pediatrics Section of Transport Medicine from 2010-2014.

He has been the Pediatric Medical Director of the Cincinnati Fire Department since 2005 and the Medical Director of the Cincinnati Children’s Critical Care Transport Team since 2007. Most recently, Dr. Schwartz was named the Medical Director of the Division of Emergency Medicine at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.