Children with special health care needs should have access to proper resources for safe transportation. This statement reviews important considerations for transporting children with special health care needs and provides current guidelines for the protection of children with specific health care needs, including those with a tracheostomy, a spica cast, challenging behaviors, or muscle tone abnormalities as well as those transported in wheelchairs.

Subjects:
For Your Benefit
Topics:
car seats, challenging behavior, child with special needs, muscle tone disorder, spica cast, tracheostomy, transportation, wheelchairs, supine position, seat belts
Copyright © 1999 American Academy of Pediatrics
1999
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