When your little one is sick, no parent can remain indifferent. Especially in emergencies, you want to take them to see a doctor as quickly as possible. However, sometimes it may not be convenient to take your child to the hospital yourself, and your child’s condition may seem severe, leaving parents unsure of what to do. A child ambulance is therefore an option that helps ensure your child receives proper care as quickly as possible.
What is a Child Ambulance?
A child ambulance is a service for transporting pediatric patients of all ages, including infants in critical, injured, and emergency conditions. The service is available 24 hours a day and includes pediatric specialists on board. Some illnesses cannot wait and require rapid assistance and urgent transport to the hospital for further treatment as soon as possible.
In addition to medical services equipped with life-saving devices, the Child Ambulance is also decorated with colorful cartoon designs to help children feel relaxed and less afraid.
What symptoms should prompt you to call a child ambulance?
- High fever over 38 degrees Celsius
- Seizures
- Difficulty breathing or inability to breathe
- Severe vomiting
- Weakness, lethargy, confusion, and unresponsiveness
- Unable to sit up by themselves or having neck collapse
- Bitten or stung by a venomous animal
What equipment is inside a Child Ambulance?
- Ventilator: A device that helps patients who cannot breathe on their own receive enough oxygen
- Pulse oximeter: Used to measure vital signs, blood oxygen levels, and changes in the patient’s blood volume
- Defibrillator: To save critical patients with dangerous arrhythmias by restoring normal heart rhythm quickly and effectively during resuscitation
There are also other devices such as an automated external defibrillator (AED), oxygen supply, suction machine, blood pressure monitor, intravenous fluid administration equipment, electrocardiogram (ECG) machine, and necessary medications. Pediatric specialists and nurses accompany the ambulance to provide close care and can perform treatment immediately inside the child ambulance.
Whenever your child has an emergency illness, remember the Child Ambulance service at Phyathai Nawamin Hospital, phone 1772. Some conditions cannot wait. Getting your child to the hospital quickly or into the hands of medical personnel and life-saving equipment as soon as possible is the best solution to help your child survive a critical condition.
