Background
The Dublin based PICU/IPATS referral process is coordianted by the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) who provide a 24/7 call handling service to facilitate communications between referring hospitals and the PICU/Retrieval teams.
Call procedure
- Call 1800 ACCEPT (1800 222378) to request MICAS or PICU/IPATS
- A trained NEOC call handler will ask you a very short list of questions
- You will be placed on hold as the handler contacts the relevant PICU
- If Dx is Crumlin specific i.e. Cardiac/GI/Liver/Oncology/Burns, you will be put through to the PICU CNM2 at OLCHC
- All other calls will connect with CNM2/Senior Registrar in Temple Street
- A CUH consultant should review the child prior to referral
- The referring consultant will be ontacted as soon as a bed is assigned by the accepting PICU
- IPATS will be activated (by NEOC) within operating hours and the ambulance activated as soon as the decision to transfer is made
- The IPATS consultant/nurse will also be in touch to provide assistance and arrange the retrieval after the call has ended
- NNTP will be going live in 2019, but in the interim, they will need to be contacted directly by your team once the bed in PICU has been assigned
- As with Medico-Cork all calls through the NEOC call handlers will be audio recorded
- For non-IPATS transfers (majority of transfers from CUH), please use the STOPP - CUH Paediatric transport pack