Specialty Care Transport Services (SCT), also known as Critical Care Transport (CCT), requires a licensed Registered Nurse with specialized critical care training to assist in acute to acute inter-facility transfers. Specialty/Critical care needs may depend on the state of an emergency situation, types of medication involved, or a patient's individual medical needs.
Here at Philips Ambulance, our SCT units enable special care transportation for critically ill patients with cardiac, trauma or various other medical or neurological conditions. These transports demand a sophisticated level of service and highly skilled healthcare clinicians.
In New Jersey, a physician medical director that is board-certified in emergency and/or critical care medicine must oversee all SCT transports.
A specialty care transportation ambulance is staffed with a critical care trained Registered Nurse and an Emergency Medical Technician. The required criteria for nurses aboard SCT ambulances include: emergency room and/or critical care nursing experience, certifications in Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Pediatric Advanced Life Support, advanced airway training, and mechanical ventilation training.