NETS was established in 1979. NETS is a unique service as it is the only of its kind in Australia that provides an emergency service for inter-hospital transport of children; from newborn infants to teens
The Service takes calls from doctors treating babies and children in hospitals without the capacity to provide the necessary care. Specialist advice; often involving multiple senior doctors through audio (and sometimes even video) conference call assists treatment in the local hospital. In addition, a NETS medical retrieval team with mobile life support system can travel by specialist NETS ambulance, helicopter or air ambulance to take over care and transport the child to a specialist hospital.
NETS teams travel in customised ambulances donated to NETS. For air transport NETS uses aircraft operated for the Ambulance Service of NSW by the Royal Flying Doctor Service (fixed wing planes) and by Child Flight (helicopters). From 2013 the Ambulance Service of NSW decided to change from Child Flight to CareFlight as the dedicated provider for NETS missions.
One in every 49 citizens will travel with NETS; sometime during their childhood. For country people, the chance is even higher - at one in 38.
- Tags:
- NGO, Nonprofit, Organization
- Category:
- Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)