Long title:
Differences in access to Emergency Paediatric Intensive Care and care during Transport
Short title:
DEPICT
Chief Investigator:
Padmanabhan Ramnarayan
Co-Investigators:
Ruth Evans, Elizabeth S Draper, Sarah E Seaton, Jo Wray, Stephen Morris, Christina Pagel; DEPICT Study Investigators
Organisation:
Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Funder:
National Institute of Health Research (NIHR)
Lay Summary:
Following centralisation of UK paediatric intensive care, specialist retrieval teams were established who travel to general hospitals to stabilise and transport sick children to regional paediatric intensive care units (PICUs). There is national variation among these PICU retrieval teams (PICRTs) in terms of how quickly they reach the patient’s bedside and in the care provided during transport. The impact of these variations on clinical outcomes and the experience of stakeholders (patients, families and healthcare staff) is however unknown. The primary objective of this study is to address this evidence gap.
Project Website:
https://www.icnarc.org/Our-Research/Studies/Depict/About