Patients Transported by Airlift Northwestto Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center Helistop

July - December 2003

DateJ uly

7 5:24 PM 5:37 PM24 12:14 PM 1:57 PM

August7 4:35 PM 4:49 PM

12 8:28 PM 11:15 PMSeptember

10 8:53 AM 10:08 AM11 6:32 PM 7:59 PM20 3:03 PM 3:11 PM22 12:38 PM 1:57 PM23 3:20 PM 4:07 PM23 8:15 PM 9:25 PM

October1 2:15 AM 2:59 AM

11 4:58 AM 6:12 AM14 3:09 PM 4:31 PM30 12:00 PM 3:00 PM

November4 12:53 AM 3:16 AM4 7:15 AM 8:22 AM

16 12:53 AM 3:16 AMDecember

3 5:35 PM 7:08 PM4 12:40 AM 2:07 AM6 2:01 AM 3:01 AM7 12:08 AM 12:38 AM9 6:57 PM 8:54 PM

11 5:46 PM 7:42 PM22 4:01 PM 6:03 PM

Landing Departure

Kitsap CountySkagit County Snohomish CountyKing County

Island CountyWhatcom CountyKitsap CountySnohomish CountyKitsap CountySkagit County

King CountyIsland CountyWhatcom County

Island County

ALNW Pilot Certification*

Whatcom CountyKing County

Whatcom County

Transported fromJ uly - December 2003

Lewis CountyIsland CountyPierce CountyPierce County

King County

Pierce County

To our neighbors:

This is a bi-annual report to the community summarizing emergency medical helicopter landings at Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center 

A Medical Review Committee meets twice a year to review all emergency medical landings at Children’s Emergency Department. This committee includes two representatives from neighborhoods surrounding Children’s, a representative of Seattle-King County Department of Public Health, two physicians independent of Children’s and key medical leadership and nursing transport from Children’s Hospital. In addition, an internal medical review committee comprised of medical leadership and nursing transport from Children’s Hospital meets bimonthly.

The committees continue to find that the overwhelming majority of these emergency medical landings are for critically ill patients for whom immediate pediatric care or intervention is indicated. We continue to evaluate each situation to determine whether a safe alternative to the landing at Children’s is available.

Landings at the helistop at Children’s must meet established medical criteria and only occur for our most critically ill patients. Any one of the following conditions qualifies for a landing at Children’s helistop: inability to maintain oxygenation or airway, inability to maintain adequate cardiac circulation, inability to maintain adequate blood pressure, or persistence of unstable vital signs.

If you have comments or questions, please call Suzanne Petersen, Director Community, Government Affairs and Advocacy, at (206) 987-2125; or Sarah Rafton, Assistant Director, at (206) 987- 3881. You can also write them at Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, P.O. Box 5371, MS T-1, Seattle, WA 98105-0371.

3 Newborn

7 Infants

6 Toddlers

3 School Age

4 Adolescents

24 Total Landings*includes pilot certification

Ages of patients landed - J uly - Dec. 2003

Children’s has modified patient identifiers in the six-month helistop report

in order to protect patient confidentiality and adhere to Health Insurance

Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations.

# of cases

3

7

5

1

2

5

Outcomes

Discharged less than 48 hours

Died

Discharged 48 hours to 7 days

Discharged at 7 to 30 days

Discharged at 31 days or more

Transferred