Television, DVD player...what more could you want...hmmm...maybe an X-Box...(grin)...BD
FOUNTAIN VALLEY The Fountain Valley Regional Hospital is saying goodbye to scary ambulance rides and hello to a new pediatric transport service that is designed to keep children calm on their way to the hospital. The light-blue ambulances are decorated with silhouettes of children playing and each has a singing stuffed bear sitting on the gurney.
The vehicle also has a television, DVD player and sound system to help relax the children on the ride to the hospital. "We wanted to make (the ambulance ride) more family-friendly," said Dr. Zacharia Reda, who leads the pediatric department. The ambulances can carry seven passengers including a doctor, a nurse and a respiratory therapist, who can use the ambulance as an Intensive Care Unit to monitor and give special treatment to the child.
The new service will help bring children from more than 50 hospitals in Southern California to Fountain Valley Regional's pediatric Intensive Care Unit – one of two in Orange County. The other pediatric ICU center is at Children's Hospital of Orange County in Orange.
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