CHOP Transport Team: Saving Lives Via Land and Sky
CHOP’s Transport Team is always at the ready, standing by 24/7/365 to deliver critically ill and injured children to the arms of experts at CHOP.
Our Emergency Departments include more than 75 board-certified attending physicians specially trained in pediatric emergency medicine, along with pediatricians, advanced practice providers and nurses, all ready to provide the best care for your child.
CHOP’s Transport Team is always at the ready, standing by 24/7/365 to deliver critically ill and injured children to the arms of experts at CHOP.
Sep 29, 2020
Suspensions disproportionately affect low income, Black and Hispanic families and may severely limit access to employment and healthcare.
Jan 28, 2020
Latest news including elections to NAM, cures for picky eaters, lawn mower injuries and more.
Jan 13, 2020
Bronchiolitis, a lung infection that is one of the most common reasons for hospitalizations in young children, is most prevalent during the winter months and is usually treated with albuterol delivered via inhalers, despite evidence showing no benefit in most patients. A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) redesigned the hospital’s standard treatment for the infection and reduced albuterol use without compromising care.
Nov 19, 2019
Two new division chiefs, concussion study update, and ultrasound guided placement of IVs.
Nov 5, 2019
Emergency room visits from swallowed objects have nearly doubled since the ‘90s. Find tips to keep your kids safe from choking, poisoning and other injuries.
Sep 17, 2019
Why doctors ask to talk to your teen alone — and the long-term benefit it can have on your teen’s health.
Apr 11, 2019
CHOP's Sexual Assault Response Team is dedicated to providing the best clinical care while minimizing further trauma in young sexual assault victims.
Apr 29, 2024
By identifying babies at low risk of serious bacterial infection, a quality improvement team at CHOP safely reduced the use of lumbar puncture in infants being evaluated for fever.
Jun 17, 2015
When clinicians in CHOP’s ED found that patients were sometimes waiting more than an hour for pain relief — too long by CHOP’s standards — they addressed the issue by implementing a quality improvement project.