Kangaroo Crew®

Critically ill neonates, pediatric and adult patients require specialized care, especially when it is necessary for them to travel by ground or air ambulance. Texas Children’s Kangaroo Crew® is a fully staffed and equipped medical transport team that provides comprehensive intensive care services to patients from across the U.S. and Central America.

Medical care begins even before the patient enters the ambulance. When the phone rings at Kangaroo Crew®'s 24/7 communication center, the team jumps into action, consulting with appropriate subspecialists and forming a plan of care so that treatment can begin the moment the patient enters one of our ground, fixed-wing and helicopter ambulances.

Ground, Fixed-Wing and Helicopter Ambulance Services

The Kangaroo Crew® serves critically ill pediatric and neonatal patients, along with high-risk OB/GYN and adult congenital heart disease patients. We provide them with:

The highest level of multi-specialty transport staff expertise on every trip
A safe, modern fleet of ground and air ambulances
State-of-the-art, specially designed neonatal/pediatric equipment

20+ years in action

1,500+ critical transports/year

8 ground ambulances

2 air ambulances

We’re Serious about Safety

Our ground vehicles, plane and helicopter are impeccably maintained to be ready at a moment’s notice and adhere to the strictest safety standards. Our flight vendor PHI Air Medical boasts unmatched safety records and sets the standard in the air medial industry. PHI holds the FAA Part 135 certificate.

Fleet and Equipment

Seamless Care from the #1 Children's Hospital in Texas

When the ambulance and patient arrive at one of our Houston-area Texas Children’s Hospitals or at Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin Campus, the level of excellent critical and intensive care seamlessly continues. Texas Children’s comprehensive range of expertise includes:

The nation's largest Newborn Center that encompasses a Level IV NICU at Texas Children’s Hospital in the Texas Medical Center, a Level IV NICUs at Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands and a NICU at Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin Campus

Exceptional patient care resources of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Trauma Center designations: the only freestanding Level I pediatric trauma center in the Houston region (Texas Children’s Hospital in the Texas Medical Center) and the only free-standing pediatric Level IV trauma centers in the Houston region (Texas Children’s Hospital West and Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands)

World-renowned specialists in pediatric cardiology and congenital heart surgery and more than 40 other subspecialties