A summary of flight activity,
January through June, 2000
| Children's Hospital Emergency Room | UW Intramural Field | |
| January | 1 | 12 |
| February | 2 | 11 |
| March | 3 | 4 |
| April | 4 | 11 |
| May | 1 | 8 |
| June | 3 | 2 |
| Date | Landing | Departure | Transported From | Age | Diagnosis | Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | ||||||
| 5 | 5:24 pm | 6:50 pm | Skagit Valley - Mount Vernon | Infant | Pneumonia | Hospitalized 9 days |
| February | ||||||
| 8 | 10:25 am | 11:31 am | Providence - Everett | Infant | Seizures | Hospitalized 4 days |
| 25 | 1:14 pm | 3:15 pm | Valley General - Monroe | Newborn | R/O Sepsis | Hospitalized 42 days |
| March | ||||||
| 5 | 11:45 am | 12:03 pm | Willapa Harbor - South Bend | Newborn | Sepsis/Respiratory Failure | Died |
| 10 | 3:30 pm | 4:25 pm | Skagit Valley - Mount Vernon | Infant | Respiratory Distress | Hospitalized 7 days |
| 17 | 6:05 pm | 7:19 pm | Harrison Hospital - Bremerton | FBA S/P Arrest | Died | |
| April | ||||||
| 3 | 8:08 pm | 9:15 pm | Madigan Army Hospital - Tacoma | School Age | Drowning | Died |
| 11 | 7:58 am | 8:23 am | Skagit Valley - Mount Vernon | Newborn | Prematurity/Respiratory Failure | Hospitalized 66 days |
| 17 | 3:14 pm | 4:28 pm | Madigan Army Hospital - Tacoma | 23 yr | Heart Arrythmia | Hospitalized 1 day |
| 18 | 11:41 am | 12:21 pm | Providence - Everett | Infant | S/P Cardiac Arrest | Died |
| May | ||||||
| 17 | 10:29 am | 11:22 am | Whidbey General - Coupeville | Teenage | Status Asthmaticus | Hospitalized 4 days |
| 29 | 1:05 pm | 1:35 pm |
ALNW Pilot Training |
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| June | ||||||
| 9 | 5:56 pm | 6:54 pm | Medic 7 - Kent Commons | Toddler | Respiratory Distress | Died |
| 10 | 4:47 pm | 6:06 pm | Medic 1 - Bellevue | Infant | S/P Cardiac Arrest | Died |
| 17 | 2:56 pm | 3:54 pm | Overlake Medical Center - Bellevue | Toddler | Drowning | Died |
FBA S/P Arrest:
Foreign body aspiration: foreign body blocks airway
Heart Arrythmia:
Long-term patient with a congential heart malformation
S/P Cardiac Arrest:
Status post cadiopulmonary arrest
Status Asthmaticus:
Asthma attack with respiratory failure
To our Neighbors:
A Medical Review Committee meets twice a year to review all emergency medical landings at Children's. (*Explanation of diagnosis on back page.) This committee includes two representatives from the neighborhoods surrounding Children's, the director of the Seattle-King County Department of Public Health, two physicians independent of Children's and key medical leadership from Children's Hospital.
The committee continues to find that the vast majority of these emergency medical landings, which are based on medical criteria, are justified. We continue to evaluate each situation to determine whether a safe alternative to the landing is available.
A report to the community about emergency medical helicopter landings at Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center / a summary of flight activity is published quarterly by Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle WA. If you have comments or questions, please call Suzanne Petersen, Director Community, Government Affairs and Advocacy, at (206) 526-2125; or write her at Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, P.O. Box 5371, CH-01, Seattle, WA 981015-0371.
c/o 2000 Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center. All rights reserved.