| Critical Care Transport Services

Puckett CCT, as a dedicated resource, is specifically designed with appropriate personnel, medications, and specialized equipment to provide the care and monitoring required when transporting critically ill patients.
Staffed with a Critical Care Transport RN, Critical Care Paramedic, and EMT, Puckett EMS utilizes a fully equipped Mobile Intensive Care Unit (MICU). Even the highest acuity patients can be easily transported without taxing the resources of the sending facility and without interruption in the patient’s level of ICU care. The MICU is equipped with a Univent Eagle Ventilator, a Datascope System 98XT Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump, multiple Mini-med IV pumps, and interventional medications found in most hospital ICU’s. Puckett EMS Critical Care Transport can accommodate the transport of almost any type of critical care patient, from an unstable cardiac patient requiring Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump therapy, to a high-risk OB patient requiring fetal monitoring.
In order to meet the needs of so many different types of critical patients, much is taken into consideration in the staffing of the MICU. There is a careful selection and hiring process, in which an individual with a varied nursing/EMS background is sought. Crews are selected based on experience, adaptability, and critical thinking ability as well as overall professional competence in caring for critical patients. Ongoing, intensive training is mandatory for all crews, ensuring confidence in the latest treatment modalities. The patient care on the Puckett EMS MICU is physician directed, and no different than care in a hospital Critical Care Unit.

| CCT Patient Selection Criteria
Invasive Pressure Lines
- Arterial Lines
- Swan-Ganz or PA Lines
- Intracranial Pressure Monitoring
Advanced Airway Maintenance
- Mechanical Ventilation
- Use of Paralytics
Central Venous Access
- Port-a-Cath
- Multi-Lumen Central Lines
- PICC Lines
IV Infusion of Specific Medications
- Vasoactive Meds
- Anti– arrhythmics
- Volume Expanders
- Thrombolytics
- Paralytics
- Steroids
Cardiac Assist Devices
- Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump
- Left Ventricular Assist Device
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PUCKETT CCT Unit Special Equipment
Back-up Power Generator
Triple-chamber Infusion Pumps
- Two pumps per CCT Unit
- Compatible IV tubing
Lifepak 12 Monitor/Defibrillator/Pacer
- 12-lead ECG
- Transcutaneous Pacing
- Non-invasive Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Pulse Oximetry
- Dual Channel Invasive Monitoring
- ET CO2 Monitoring
Transport Ventilator
- PEEP capability
- Oxygen concentrations from 21-100%
- Integral compressed air blender
- Pressure Support
- Pressure Plateau and Sigh
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump
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For CCT Service:
Call Puckett Dispatch at 770-222-1988
For Further Information
For questions regarding CCT crew and transport capabilities, or
any further information, please call:
- Anne Ervin
Director of Marketing
770-222-5045
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