Bronson Pediatric Transport

Our Mission

Together, We Advance the Health of Our Communities by Providing Safe Inter-Facility Transport to Pediatric Care Centers.

Our Vision

To Provide Safer and Easier Access to Exceptional Pediatric Healthcare.

Pediatric Transport Services

Bronson’s pediatric ground transport team is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Our team brings the skills and equipment of a mobile Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) directly to children who need a higher level of care. Our ambulances are licensed by the State of Michigan and meet or exceed industry safety and design specifications. We work to make every transport as safe and stress-free as possible for patients and families.

Our team collaborates with the sending facility to ensure the child is stabilized for transport. We can transport and care for children and teens up to 18 years old. Bronson Pediatric Transport helps families and hospitals across the region by bringing hospital-level pediatric care to the bedside and ensuring fast access to the right specialists.

Bronson Pediatric Transport is based in Kalamazoo, Mich., serving referring facilities across Southwest Michigan and Northern Indiana.

Conditions We Commonly Care For

We provide care for many serious illnesses and injuries, including but not limited to:

Serious heart problems that need urgent medical support.
Serious breathing problems, including severe asthma attacks, pneumonia, or breathing failure that may require a ventilator.
Serious brain and nervous system conditions, such as seizures or traumatic brain injuries.
Brain and spinal cord injuries.
Major injuries, such as from car crashes or other trauma.
Severe burns.
Serious illness affecting several organs.
Dangerous changes in the body’s electrolytes or metabolism that need medical correction.
Hormone-related emergencies, such as diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA).
Ingestions, poisonings or overdoses requiring medical care.

Commitment to Quality & Safety

Our team is dedicated to providing exceptional care during every inter-facility transport. We benchmark our performance against industry best practices and routinely review our program’s processes, policies and clinical practice guidelines.

Limitations of Services

Scene Calls

While our team is highly trained, we provide hospital-to-hospital transport only. Bronson Pediatric Transport does not respond to home or scene calls.

If you need immediate medical help, please call 911.

Hazardous Materials (HazMat)

All patients must be fully decontaminated from hazardous materials before transport.

Pregnancy

We do not transport patients who are pregnant and in active labor with signs of imminent delivery.

If there is known or suspected fetal distress, the patient should be transferred through a High Risk Obstetrics Transport program.

Neonates

We do not transport:

Newborns during their first hospital stay (Nursery or NICU)
Newborns needing isolette‑based therapies, including:
- Inhaled nitric oxide
- High-frequency ventilation

These infants should be transported by a specialized neonatal team, such as the Bronson Neonatal Transport Team.

Extracorporeal Support

We cannot transport children who are being helped by certain machines that support their heart or lungs, including:

ECMO, a machine that does the work of the heart and lungs
Ventricular Assist Devices, machines that help the heart pump blood

Blood Product Administration

We do not carry blood products to start during transport. However, our team can continue blood products that are already being given when we arrive.

Contact & Visitor Information

For current visiting hours and restrictions at Bronson Children’s Hospital, please visit: Bronson Visitation Guidelines.

Referring physicians and facilities: for all pediatric transport requests and coordination, please contact:

Bronson First Contact

(800) 276-6766

If you are a parent or caregiver and your child is experiencing a medical emergency, dial 911.

Our Team