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Life Lion benefits from Children's Miracle Network Telethon donations

Life Lion benefits from Children's Miracle Network Telethon donations
SHANNON. SHE’S GOING TO SHOW US WHERE SOME OF THOSE DONATIONS ACTUALLY GO. WE ARE AT THE LIFELINE HANGER. AND LIFELINE IS A HUGE PART OF WHAT PENN STATE HEALTH CHILDREN’S HOSPITALS ALL ABOUT. MATS HERE, TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO AT LIFELINE. YEAH. SO A HUGE COMPONENT OF WHAT WE DO HERE IS NOT JUST REGULAR EMERGENCIES WITH JUST ADULT PATIENTS. WE ALSO HAVE A HEAVY FOCUS ON OUR PEDIATRIC PATIENT POPULATION. SO SINCE I’VE BEEN HERE IN 2020, WE’VE FLOWN APPROXIMATELY OR FLOWN OR TRANSPORT APPROXIMATELY 2000 PEDIATRIC PATIENTS. SO IT’S A LOT OF KIDS, OBVIOUSLY, THAT WE DO HERE. PEDIATRIC AMBULANCE, A KEY COMPONENT TO WHAT YOU DO. ABSOLUTELY. SO YEAH, WE DON’T JUST FLY OUR PEDES PATIENTS. WE ALSO TRANSPORT THE GROUND UNIT. SO THAT’S WHAT YOU SEE STANDING BEHIND US. AND THIS WE HAVE A TRANSPORT ISOLATE, WHICH WE USE ON OUR GROUND TRANSPORTS AND WE USE IN OUR AIRCRAFT. AND THIS IS A KEY COMPONENT FOR OUR PROGRAM BECAUSE WE DO A LOT OF USE. SO THESE ARE VERY YOUNG, VERY SMALL CHILDREN, PREMATURE NICU KIDS. SO THEY GO INSIDE OUR ISOLATE WHAT’S CLIMATE CONTROLLED TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED. AND WE CAN DO ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING THAT’S NEEDED FOR THAT KID DURING THAT TRANSPORT. SO IF THEY NEED TO BE VENTILATED, WE HAVE A VENTILATOR RIGHT THERE, I.V. PUMPS, EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO TREAT THE KID INSIDE OF OUR ISOLATE. HOW IMPORTANT IS CHILDREN’S MIRACLE NETWORK IN PROVIDING YOU GUYS WITH THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT YOU NEED? YES, IT’S VITAL. SO THERE WAS A HUGE FUNDING COMPONENT FOR EVEN HAVING ACCESS TO THIS EQUIPMENT. SO OUR ISOLATES, OUR AMBULANCES THAT WE UTILIZE FOR THESE TRANSPORTS ARE LARGELY FUNDED BY CNN. ALL RIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH F
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Life Lion benefits from Children's Miracle Network Telethon donations
Life Lion is a huge part of what Penn State Health Children's Hospital is all about.“A huge component of what we do here is not just regular emergencies with just adult patients. We also have a heavy focus on our pediatric patient population. Since I’ve been here in 2020, we’ve flown or transported approximately 2,000 pediatric patients,” said Life Lion Pilot Matt Baily.Life Lion is more than just a helicopter transport, the program also has ambulances, including pediatric-focused vehicles.“We do a lot of NICU, so these are our very young, very small children, premature NICU kids,” Baily said.Premature children can be placed in an isolette, which is also known as an incubator.“It’s climate controlled, temperature controlled and we can do absolutely everything that’s needed for that kid during that transport,” Baily said.The isolettes also include ventilators and IV pumps. Baily said CMN donations are a vital to giving them access to their advanced equipment.“Our isolettes, our ambulances, are largely funded by CMN,” he said.

Life Lion is a huge part of what Penn State Health Children's Hospital is all about.

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“A huge component of what we do here is not just regular emergencies with just adult patients. We also have a heavy focus on our pediatric patient population. Since I’ve been here in 2020, we’ve flown or transported approximately 2,000 pediatric patients,” said Life Lion Pilot Matt Baily.

Life Lion is more than just a helicopter transport, the program also has ambulances, including pediatric-focused vehicles.

“We do a lot of NICU, so these are our very young, very small children, premature NICU kids,” Baily said.

Premature children can be placed in an isolette, which is also known as an incubator.

“It’s climate controlled, temperature controlled and we can do absolutely everything that’s needed for that kid during that transport,” Baily said.

The isolettes also include ventilators and IV pumps.

Baily said CMN donations are a vital to giving them access to their advanced equipment.

“Our isolettes, our ambulances, are largely funded by CMN,” he said.