[The collecting principle in pediatrics and neonatology].

Quality medical care during transport of critically ill pediatric and neonatal patients is only possible if the referring hospital and the regional center cooperate closely. The experience of physicians and nurses involved is of great importance, and the choice of the transporting team should depend on the medical status of the patient and the skills of the physicians and nurses or paramedics. Critically ill children and neonates should be transported by specialized teams. Our statistics from the last 12 years show an increasing number of transports, with the majority of patients being referred from peripheral hospitals.