Queensland Paediatric Transport Triage Tool
Does my paediatric patient need a critical inter-hospital transfer?
Discuss with your local paediatric service. Use the Queensland Paediatric Transport Triage Tool developed by the Children’s Advice and Transport Co-ordination Hub (CATCH) and Retrieval Services Queensland (RSQ) to help you identify children who are critically unwell or have the potential to deteriorate during an inter-hospital transfer. The tool uses a combination of individual physiological parameters, the total Children’s Early Warning Tool (CEWT) score and specific condition triggers to identify children who require a critical transfer.
Queensland Paediatric Transport Triage Tool – Medical
The Queensland Paediatric Transport Triage Tool – Medical has been validated on 2,056 children transferred into and out of Queensland Children’s Hospital. The tool had a negative predictive value of 97.7% demonstrating that it can be used to identify children who can be safely transferred as an acute patient.
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Paediatric emergency care resources are available online
Including: Guidelines and flowcharts, Resuscitation drug and equipment guide (CREDD), Resuscitation eLearning including CREDD education, Transport triage tool, Parent fact sheets and more.
