[Intrahospital transportation of critically ill children]

The intrahospital transport of a critically ill child is always a risky procedure. While it is being done, some complications which can worsen their initial situation may appear, so the benefits that this transport can provide must outweigh the possible risks. Preparing the patient and succeeding in performing a safe transport need the use of the proper equipment and human resources. Its degree of complexity and preparation must be proportional to the situation of instability of the patient and to the probability of increasing such instability, which implies performing a careful evaluation of the child and its real and potential needs previously. We also state some general ideas about the way of preparing and performing this kind of intrahospital transport in its different stages.