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About Our Team

Children's Hospital Transport Team

If your child was brought to the Palmetto Health Children's Hospital by the Transport team, they were probably brought in our special ambulance called the STORK — Speedy Transport Of Risky Kids. A team consisting of a specially trained registered nurse, a specially trained respiratory therapist and a paramedic were caring for your child.

The Transport Team members are trained in newborn and pediatric intensive care, transport medicine and flight physiology. The team members are certified in:

  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
  • Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
  • STABLE
  • Health Care Provider BLS
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

The Transport Team is able to provide the highest level of quality intensive care to the critically ill or injured children we transport due to our specialized training and equipment.

Nurse Manager: Mary Ann Ferris, RRT, RN, MHA

Assistant Nurse Manager: Sandy Manross, RNC, NNP

Transport Nurses

Respiratory Therapists

Paramedics
Regan Bent CCRN, C-NPT, NREMT-P        Michael Duckworth RRT, C-NPT                    Stacy Earp NREMT-P  
Beth Fletcher RN, C-NPT Steve Hart RRT, C-NPT Benjamin Haigh NREMT-P   
Lori Nuelken RNC, C-NPT Patrick McGhee RRT, C-NPT Gary Waller NREMT-P
JoAnn Williams RN, CRT Jill Peake RRT, C-NPT Kevin Warren NREMT-P
  Angie Weathersby RRT, NPS Vince Watson NREMT-P
  JoAnn Williams CRT, NPS  

  • National Registery Emergency Medical Paramedic (NREMT-P)
  • Neonatal and Pediatric Specialty (NPS)
  • Neonatal and Pediatric Transport Certified (C-NPT)
  • Certification of Pediatric Critical Care Nurse (CCRN)
  • Registered Nurse Certified-Neonatal (RNC)
  • Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT)
  • Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT)