MIAMI, FL — In light of the devastation from Hurricane Katrina, the Miami Children's Hospital (MCH) LifeFlight™ staff and helicopter are preparing to leave tonight to assist Children's Hospital of New Orleans in the evacuation of 100 pediatric patients and their families. The patients will be transported to regional facilities for immediate care. Miami Children's has offered to transport children back to Miami Children's to provide the medical services they need. The MCH helicopter is also delivering medications, hydration fluids, electrolytes, emergency supplies, baby formula and scrubs for the hospital staff.
WHERE: Opa-Locka Airport, Building #47, 14201 N.W. 42 Avenue, Opa-Locka
WHEN: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 Scheduled departure time: 9:00 p.m.
SPOKESPERSON: Maria Fernandez, MSN, ARNP, Director of LifeFlight™
ABOUT LIFEFLIGHT
The Miami Children’s Hospital aircraft is the most sophisticated air ambulance available. The Sikorsky S76 C+ helicopter is capable of flying up to 300 miles without stopping to refuel and features the latest, most up-to-date flight instrumentation. As a mobile critical care unit, the medical configuration of the aircraft includes built-in oxygen and air, lighting controls, intravenous fluid holders and flight-team-to-hospital communications. LifeFlight™ carries the most advanced life-support equipment, compactly arranged to ensure the maximum utilization of space.
ABOUT MIAMI CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
Founded in 1950, Miami Children's Hospital is the only licensed specialty hospital for children in South Florida. Miami Children's Hospital offers medical care and services for children from birth to age 21. The 268-bed medical facility has expertise in all aspects of pediatric medicine.
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Durante los últimos 75 años, Nicklaus Children's ha sido un faro de esperanza para los niños y las familias en todo el estado de Florida y más allá. Nicklaus Children's Hospital es el #1 independiente, sin fines de lucro y con licencia especializada del sur de Florida exclusivamente para niños y atiende a cerca del 70 por ciento de los niños de la comunidad metropolitana de Miami. En adición, Nicklaus Children's ofrece atención dentro del Hospital NCH North en Naples, la Unidad Pediátrica De George del Jupiter Medical Center y unidades de emergencia pediátricas seleccionadas de Baptist Health South Florida. El hospital y su red de más de 35 centros de atención ambulatoria ofrecen atención vital en los condados de Miami-Dade, Broward, Martin y Palm Beach. Estos centros incluyen una variedad de servicios de urgencias, atención primaria pediátrica y centros de subespecialidades, y son basado en hospitales o centros ambulatorios de Nicklaus Children's Pediatric Specialists, LLC (NCPS). Nicklaus Children's es una filial académica y clínica de Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine y ofrece una fuente de futuros médicos e investigación innovadora. Nicklaus Children's alberga centros de excelencia, como el Helen & Jacob Shaham Cancer & Blood Disorders Institute, el Nicklaus Children's Orthopedic, Sports Medicine and Spine Institute, Nicklaus Children's Neuroscience Institute y el Nicklaus Children's Heart Institute. El hospital con 325 camas es reconocido por su excelencia en todos los aspectos de la medicina pediátrica, y muchos de sus programas han sido clasificados regularmente entre los mejores del país por U.S. News & World Report desde 2008. Nicklaus Children's también cuenta con una filial de práctica médica sin fines de lucro con más de 40 especialidades y un centro de cirugía ambulatoria.
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