A summary of flight activity,
July through September 2000
Corrected 1/10/01
| Children's Hospital Emergency Room | UW Intramural Field | |
| July | 6* | 15 |
| August | 2* | 9 |
| September | 2 | 9 |
| *includes ALNW training flights | ||
| Date | Landing | Departure | Transported From | Age | Diagnosis | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July, 2000 | ||||||
| 5 | 5:15 PM | 6:44 PM | United Affiliated, Mt. Vernon | Newborn | Status/Post CPR | Died |
| 8 | 5:15 PM | 5:55 PM | Providence, Everett | School age | Drowning, Status/Post CPR | Hospitalized 25 days |
| 12 | 12:00 PM | 3:00 PM | 4 landings - ALNW Flight Training | |||
| 19 | 8:15 PM | 8:55 PM | Medic, Friday Harbor | Infant | R/O Epiglottitis | Hospitalized 1 day |
| 23 | 11:42 PM | 12:45 AM | Cascade Valley, Arlington | School age | R/O Airway obstruction | Hospilatized 2 days |
| 25 | 8:23 PM | N/A | Skagit Valley Hospital, Mt. Vernon | Preschool | Sepsis/PPHN Requesting ECMO | Died |
| August, 2000 | ||||||
| 22 | 12:09 PM | 1:31 PM | Providence, Everett | Infant | Pulmonary hemorrhage | Hospitalized 4 days |
| 31 | 12:00 PM | 3:00 PM | 4 landings - ALNW Flight Training | |||
| September, 2000 | ||||||
| 18 | 9:01 AM | 10:28 AM | Cascade valley, Arlington | Toddler | Status Epilepticus - Respiratory distress | Hospitalized 2 days |
| 19 | 7:42 PM | 8:14 PM | Federal Way Hospital | Toddler | Lamp Oil Ingestion - Respiratory distress | Hospitalized 1 day |
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Note to our neighbors: A Medical Review Committee meets twice a year to review all
emergency medical landings at Children's. This committee includes two representatives from the neighbor-
hoods 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 upon 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 the Communications Department at Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA. If you have comments or questions, please call Susanne Peterson, director of Community and 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 98105-0371. |
7/19 - Epilgottitis: Inflammation of the epilgottis, resulting in blockage of airway.
7/8 - Drowning Submersion resulting in cardiopulmonary arrest and resuscitation.
7/23 - Airway Obstruction: Blockage of the respiratory tract.
7/25 - Sepsis/Pulmonary Hypertension Respiratory failure not responding to mechanical ventilation, requesting Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) therapy - pediatric ECMO not available at Doernbecher ChildrenŐs Hospital.
8/22 - Pulmonary Hemorrhage: Lung bleeding with potential to obstruct respiratory tract.
Sepsis: Respiratory failure not responding to mechanical ventilation, requesting Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) therapy -
ECMO not available at Doernbecher Children's Hospital.
9/18 - Status Epilecticus:
Continuous epileptic seizures which cannot be stopped.
9/19 - Lamp Oil Ingestion:
Hydrocarbon ingestion impairing lung and brain function.
c/o 2001 Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center.
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