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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:sec><jats:title>Background</jats:title><jats:p>Interhospital transfers of pediatric patients on the Berlin Heart Excor have been published on an occasional basis.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods</jats:title><jats:p>Nowadays medicine evolves away from just feasibility towards quality and safety issues. Management tools like risk analysis have found their way into clinical practice.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results</jats:title><jats:p>Exemplary, we present a case of a 20 months old boy on a Berlin Heart BiVAD Excor who underwent a 224 km ground transport. After a systematic review of the published literature, we describe our safety management with the aim was to provide highest quality of care for the transport.</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion</jats:title><jats:p>Besides a risk analysis, we also describe our training and simulation protocol.</jats:p></jats:sec>