About the “Just for Kids” Transport Team

The “Just for Kids” Transport Team provides patients with lifesaving care while collaborating with physicians and medical staff to ensure a safe arrival to their designated Norton Children’s medical facility. Each year, we transport more than 3,000 newborns, children and adolescents (up to age 21) from anywhere in the continental U.S.
 
Specialized pediatric transportation can make a massive difference in the health outcomes of our patients. Our team of registered nurses, respiratory therapists and emergency medical technicians are passionate about providing specialized care for ill and injured newborn and pediatric patients. Our state-of-the-art equipment, which includes a fleet of specially configured mobile intensive care units and a helicopter, is available to transport patients 24/7.

Specialized Team for Pediatric and Neonatal Critical Care

A Dedicated Crew, Just for Your Child
The transport team consists of registered nurses, respiratory therapists and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) who are dedicated to working with ill and injured newborn and pediatric patients. They are equipped to provide specialized care while traveling between hospitals and receive extensive training on critical care transport. Our team receives regular training and continuing education on advanced life support, trauma care, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, pharmacology and flight physiology.

During a patient’s transport, the registered nurse and respiratory therapist will monitor vital signs, administer medications and can perform medical interventions such as CPR, intubation or other procedures requested by the child’s care team based at the hospital. They will monitor the patient to ensure they remain stable, manage the patient’s oxygen levels, provide necessary respiratory treatments and tend to any medical needs during the trip.

The EMT handles safe transportation to and from each hospital location and is trained to assist with procedures and stabilizing patients during transport.

Our pilots have hundreds of hours of experience flying aircraft and are trained in visual flight rules (VFR) and instrument flight rules (IFR).

Our Team of Licensed and Certified Providers

The “Just for Kids” Transport Team is licensed annually by the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services. All team members are required to complete state and federal driver’s training, in addition to any licensure requirements based on their discipline.

Additionally, the transport team is associated with the following professional committees and affiliations:

• Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services, EMS for Children affiliated
• Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR)
• Technical Resources, Assistance Center, and Information Exchange (TRACIE)
• Kentucky Chapter of Association of Air Medical Services
• Kentucky Ambulance Providers Association

“Just for Kids” Transport Team Leadership

Karen L. Orman, M.D.
Medical Director

Kevin M. Havlin, M.D.
Associate Medical Director

Kelly A. Williams, R.N., BSN, CPEN, TCRN
Director, Transport and Emergency Medical Services

Amy N. Ball, BSN, R.N.
Manager

Registered nurses, respiratory therapists and emergency medical technicians are a part of each transport team crew. They receive extensive continuing education on topics including cardiopulmonary resuscitation, advanced life support, trauma care, pharmacology and flight physiology. Our pilots are trained in visual flight rules (VFR) and instrument flight rules (IFR), and have hundreds of hours of experience in the airframes. Physicians trained in neonatology, pediatric emergency medicine and pediatric critical care are available for transports when necessary.