Neonatal Transport Program
Welcome to the webpage of the Neonatal Transport Program – Montreal children’s hospital.
Important contact information:
Direct number: 514-934-4425
Toll free number for outside Montreal region: 1 - 888 590-1617
To optimize communication when calling our team:
When you contact our team for a transfer or to receive advice, it will be necessary to have certain demographic information about the patient in order to open his or her file at the Montreal Children's Hospital and to activate the transport team.
The following information will be routinely requested:
- Reason for the consultation or indication for the transfer request
- Child's name
- Mother's first and last name
- Date and time of the child's birth
- Gender of the child
- Mother's health insurance number (RAMQ) and expiration date
- Location of referral where the patient is located
- Name of the referring health professional
- Telephone number to call you back if necessary
When we transport a newborn, we also need as much clinical information as possible. We will ask you to provide the following information in order to complete our “Request for Neonatal Transport and Consult Services” document:
- Pregnancy history (serologies, ultrasounds)
- Birth history (term of pregnancy, mode of birth, APGAR, birth weight, birth intervention, infectious risk factors, cord pH)
- Postnatal history including
- Recent vital signs including patient temperature
- Clinician assessment of the patient including physical examination findings
- Paraclinical examinations (laboratory and imaging)
- Interventions made to support the patient to date
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Neonatal transport team: referring centers (doctors and midwives) can call 514 934-4425 or 1-888 590-1617 (toll-free) to speak to a neonatologist