Pandemic causes pediatric patient transfers at BAMC
With a rise in COVID cases, units like the Critical Care Air Transport team will assist by moving pediatric patients safely to children s hospitals.
Credit: 59th Medical Wing Public Affairs
A 59th Medical Wing Pediatric Critical Care Air Transport Team provides care to a five-month-old patient on board a C-17 Globemaster III headed to California, Oct. 9, 2020. The patient and his family were traveling from the neonatal intensive care unit in Hawaii to Texas. (Courtesy photo) Author: Luke Simons Updated: 9:09 AM CST January 11, 2021
SAN ANTONIO As the number of COVID-19 patients in area hospitals rise, Brooke Army Medical Center has made the decision to transfer new pediatric patients needing inpatient care to local children s hospitals.