| Angel II Neonatal Transport  is
a special mobile neonatal intensive care unit that stabilizes
and transports sick and/or premature infants to hospitals
where they can receive the special treatment they need. The
Angel II Neonatal Transport Team consists of healthcare professionals
who are specially educated and trained to stabilize and transport
sick infants.
We the team of Angel II Neonatal
Transport, are committed to assuring a safe, stable and expedient
transport of the infant to his/her destination hospital. We
take extreme care to safeguard every aspect of the baby's
well-being while in transit.
You can access Angel II 24 hrs per day, 7 days per
week by calling:
| NICU
Hotline @ Egleston Childrens Hospital |
404-325-6600 Or
1-877-325-6680 |
| Angel II MD
Cellular Phone |
1-877-ANGELMD
|
A neonatologist
will be available for consultations or to arrange for
transport.
Our goal is to keep an open
line of communication with the newborn's referral
physician and return all babies to their hospital
of birth as soon as medically appropriate.
For questions regarding Angel
II Transport, please contact:
Ann
Critz, MD,
Medical Director at
(404) 686-8136
Marcia Berry, MS, RN, Coordinator at (404)
616-4972 or by e-mail |
Angel II is a service provided by Emory Regional Perinatal
Center and is housed and operated by Grady Health System in
Atlanta. For 25 years, Angel II has served over 40 counties
comprising the North Georgia Region. Since 1976, Angel II
has transported more than 11,000 infants throughout Georgia,
the continental United States and abroad, traveling as far
as London, England.
Our team consists of highly trained Registered Nurses (RNs)
who have earned at least a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing from
an accredited college or university. The RN is the team leader
and coordinates the entire transport operation. We also employ
Registered Respiratory Therapists (RRTs) who are licensed
and certified in the field of respiratory therapy. These highly
trained and specialized individuals maintain and monitor every
aspect of the infants breathing status during the transport
operation. The third and most important members of
the team are the Emergency Vehicle Operators (EVO). These
individuals are Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) who operate
and monitor the performance of the Angel II mobile unit. They
provide us with expedient, efficient and safe transportation
at all times during the transport operation. We confer and
receive explicit direction from Emory University, board certified
Neonatalogists at all times during stabilization, transport
and upon arrival to the destination hospital.
The Neonatal Transport Team Neonatologists:
A pediatrician who specializes in the care of sick newborns.
Neonatal Transport Nurse: A registered nurse who
specializes in the care, stabilization and transport of sick
newborns to a neonatal intensive care unit.
Respiratory Therapist:
A person who specializes in caring for the lungs
and breathing. He or she maintains the infants airway for
breathing as well as operating and maintaining all equipment
used to help the baby breathe.
Emergency Medical Technician: A person who is specially
trained to operate an emergency vehicle (ambulance) and to
deliver emergency medical care when necessary.
The Transport Isolette: Newborns will be transported
in a special ambulance, which is virtually a state of the art
neonatal intensive care unit on wheels, This ambulance is much
larger than most ambulances and has all the equipment that is
needed to care for the infant. All infants transported by Angel
II neonatal transport are placed in an isolette or incubator
that is especially designed for transporting infants. Our transport
isolette is equipped to continuously monitor every aspect of
the baby's condition while in transit. The transport isolette
is double walled. It has heat and circulated air to keep the
infant's body temperature stable. |
