[The mobile paediatric circulatory support unit]

Abstract

A mobile paediatric circulatory support unit has been set up within the paediatric and neonatal intensive care service at the Armand-Trousseau Hospital in Paris (AP-HP, 75). It is in place for situations of refractory respiratory and/or circulatory failure and can intervene in a radius of several hundred kilometres, in order to establish long-term extracorporeal circulation. In this delicate context, transporting children requires specific skills, coordination between all intervening parties and faultless organisation.

Keywords: circulation extracorporelle de longue durée; long-term extracorporeal circulation; mobile emergency and intensive care service; mobile paediatric circulatory support unit; paediatric intensive care; réanimation pédiatrique; service mobile d’urgence et de réanimation; unité mobile d’assistance circulatoire pédiatrique.