Policy: Parental Accompaniment
Policy: Parental Accompaniment
PURPOSE: To provide guidance to Transport Team members regarding requests from parent or guardian to accompany the patient on transport to Clarian Health facilities.
SCOPE: This policy applies to all Clarian staff on transport in the Riley Children’s Critical Care Mobile Intensive Care Units (MICU).
POLICY STATEMENT: It is the policy of the Transport Team to provide parents with information on driving to Riley or Methodist Hospital. Reasonable attempts should be made to encourage the family to drive to Indianapolis. However, in the event that the family insists on accompanying the child, the following guidelines apply:
1. One parent or guardian may accompany the transport team.
2. The parent must be in the front seat with his or her seatbelt on at all times.
a. The parent must understand that at no time is it acceptable to come to the back of the truck.
b. The parent must understand that Clarian Health will not provide return transport when the child is discharged.
EXCEPTIONS: Under no circumstance will the Transport Team allow an immediate postpartum mother to accompany her child. In this case, the father or designated representative must accompany the child.
APPROVAL BODY: Medical Director, Transport Manager, Lead Team.
Source: Clarian Health Partners, Indianapolis.
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