Informational Alert

Due to a measles case in the community, please call before coming to Seattle Children’s if you or your child has potential measles symptoms.

High Priority Alert

Masking and Visitation Changes: Due to high rates of respiratory illnesses in our community, we’ve made changes to our masking and visitation guidelines .

Facts and Stats

Helicopter Landing Reports

The Medical Review Committee meets twice a year to review all emergency medical helicopter landings at Seattle Children’s Emergency Department. This committee includes two representatives from neighborhoods surrounding Seattle Children’s, a representative from the City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, a representative from Public Health – Seattle and King County, two physicians independent of Seattle Children’s and key medical and nursing leadership from Seattle Children’s Hospital.

In addition, an internal medical review team comprised of medical leadership and the nursing transport team from Seattle Children’s and Airlift Northwest meet monthly and review all landings on an ongoing basis.

The committees continue to find that the overwhelming majority of these emergency medical landings are limited to critically ill patients for whom immediate pediatric care or intervention is indicated. We continue to evaluate each situation to determine whether a safe alternative to the landing at Seattle Children’s is available.

All files are PDFs.

10-Year Summaries

Semiannual Summaries