TextNav: Services | Patients | Visitors | Health Pros | Health Info Get Newsletter Bookmark and Share Subscribe To RSS Feed Become a Fan on Facebook! Follow Us on Twitter!
  Search Our Site
Google Custom Search
Choose A Service
about us find a doctor locations careers news foundation - support Sacred Heart!
Our Services Resources For Patients Resources For Visitors Resources For Health Professionals Resources For SHHS Associates Resources For Your Health
A to Z Web Site Index return to homepage log into mySacred-Heart
Heart & Vascular Institute Women's Hospital Children's Hospital Cancer Center Orthopedics Services Emergency & Trauma Stroke Center Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery Institute for Surgical Weight Loss
Do you have a question or comment? Click Here to Send a Message    |    Need more information? Call 850-416-7000 or Toll Free 1-800-874-1026
Posted on Friday, May 26, 2006  
Children's Hospital Welcomes New Infant Ambulance
A new neonatal and pediatric ambulance equipped with state-of-the-art patient care and safety features has arrived at Sacred Heart Hospital to replace a nearly 20-year-old transport vehicle.

The new ambulance transports newborns and children from other healthcare facilities to Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital in Pensacola.

“The ambulance mainly will be used to pick up sick babies at other community hospitals in Northwest Florida and bring them to Sacred Heart to be cared for in our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit,” said Melba Darden, administrative director of Children’s Services at Sacred Heart. “In addition, it will be used to transport sick or injured children from other healthcare facilities to our Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Sacred Heart. The addition of this new ambulance truly is a blessing for our community’s children.”

The new, custom-built vehicle cost $212,000, and cost to equip the vehicle was $125,000, including a $100,000 transport isolette.

A grant was awarded from the state Emergency Medical Services agency, and other community support came from Food World, the Senior Bowl and the Kugelman Foundation. The vehicle, which can accommodate two full stretchers end to end, is spacious enough to transport twins and a double care team in one trip. A crew of nine can be seated comfortably inside the ambulance.

Features include a 2007 International Navistar lowrider extended-cab chassis, which was chosen to provide a smooth ride, “a clinically significant issue with our small babies,” said Darden. Other features include:

  • Medication refrigerator
  • X-ray view box
  • Blanket warmer
  • Electric liquid-crystal windows that turn opaque for privacy
  • DVD player to keep children entertained
  • Oxygen and air hook-up in ceiling for crew safety

Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital has been providing pediatric care to sick and injured babies and children for the past 37 years.

###


4:06 PM | Discuss (0 Comments) |

4:05 PM | Discuss (0 Comments) |

10:50 AM | Discuss (0 Comments) |

2:46 PM | Discuss (0 Comments) |

1:14 PM | Discuss (0 Comments) |

1:00 PM | Discuss (0 Comments) |

9:05 PM | Discuss (0 Comments) |

3:35 PM | Discuss (0 Comments) |

2:36 PM | Discuss (0 Comments) |

1:10 PM | Discuss (0 Comments) |

 

Go to ThePressBox Home

Current Headlines
News Archive
Subscribe to the Feed
Add to Google Homepage
Add to My Yahoo! Homepage
Add to My AOL Homepage
Add to NewsGator
Download RSS Feed 
Download Atom Feed 
 
Help
What is RSS?
Get an RSS Feeder

  Power Tools
Call Sacred Heart - 24/7 - 416-1600 - Click Here for More Details
Give to Sacred Heart Find a Doctor Send an eCard Locate a Facility Request a Referral
Ask a Pharmacist Find a Job Send Flowers Pay Your Bills Contact Us
Our Privacy Policy | About Sacred Heart | How to Find Us | Our Services | Jobs | Pay Your Bills | Send Flowers | Site Index | RSS




Copyright © 2009 Sacred Heart Health System - 5151 N. Ninth Avenue - Pensacola, FL 32504 - (850) 416-7000

Text Navigation: Our Services | For Patients | For Visitors | For Health Professionals | For Your Health
Sacred Heart Health System is a part of
Ascension Health
Support the Sacred Heart Foundation
DonateNow