South Thames Retrieval Service
South Thames Retrieval Service (STRS) is a children's acute transport service which specialises in the inter-hospital transfer of critically ill children in London (south of the River Thames). It operates from the paediatric intensive care unit of the Evelina Children's Hospital. The unit is the lead centre for paediatric intensive care in the South Thames region and manages the clinical network for paediatric intensive care via the retrieval service, in conjunction with the intensive care units at St George's Hospital and King's College Hospital. With one phone call to the emergency number, a clinician in a South Thames hospital can source clinical advice, a PICU bed and a transport team as necessary. STRS can then also coordinate specialist service input (e.g. cardiology).
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