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SITUATION: TRANSPORT VENTILATOR MANAGEMENT AND TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEM RESULTING IN PATIENT DESATURATION AND BRADYCARDIA. BACKGROUND: NICU [NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT] TRANSPORT TEAM PICKING UP INTUBATED PATIENT FROM [REDACTED] NICU. THIS RN HAD TRANSFERRED AND STRAPPED PATIENT INTO TRANSPORT ISOLETTE, PLACED ON TRANSPORT VENTILATOR WITHOUT ISSUE WITH AIR/OXYGEN CONNECTED TO WALL. PREPARED TO DEPART FROM [REDACTED] NICU. ASSESSMENT: RT [RESPIRATORY THERAPIST] [REDACTED] DISCONNECTED FROM WALL AIR/OXYGEN, TRANSPORT VENTILATOR BEGAN ALARMING. RT SILENCED TRANSPORT VENTILATOR. WHEN THIS RN ASKED "WHAT'S BEEPING" RT WAS UNSURE/BEGAN TROUBLESHOOTING. THIS RN NOTED TRANSPORT VENTILATOR WAS NOT DELIVERING PEEP [POSITIVE END-EXPIRATORY PRESSURE] OR PIP [PEAK INSPIRATORY PRESSURE] AND VERBALIZED CONCERN. PATIENT WITH DESATURATION AND BRADYCARDIA. TRANSPORT RT WITH DIFFICULTY TROUBLESHOOTING AND RECOGNITION/ASSISTING IN ESTABLISHING ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF VENTILATION. TRANSPORT RN AND TRANSPORT PA [PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT] ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY VENTILATE WITH [REDACTED] T-PIECE, BUT UNABLE TO ESTABLISH FLOW, ULTIMATELY PLACED BACK ON [REDACTED] DRAEGER VENTILATOR, WITH HELP FROM [REDACTED] RT. PATIENT RECOVERED (30-45 SECONDS). DETERMINED TRANSPORT VENTILATOR HAD NOT BEEN CONNECTED APPROPRIATELY BY TRANSPORT RT TO STRYKER/TANK FLOW. TRANSPORT VENTILATOR RECHECKED BY TRANSPORT RT AND PATIENT ABLE TO BE PLACED ON TRANSPORT VENTILATOR CORRECTLY. RECOMMENDATION/REQUEST: GIVEN CONCERN FOR KNOWLEDGE GAP AND CRITICAL THINKING/PROBLEM SOLVING, RE-EDUCATION. CONCERNED ABOUT THIS RT SERVING AS PEDIATRIC TRANSPORT RT FOR PATIENTS REQUIRING RESPIRATORY SUPPORT. MANUFACTURER RESPONSE FOR TRANSPORT VENTILATOR, TV100 (PER SITE REPORTER).