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Injured children are often treated at one facility then transferred to another that specializes in pediatric trauma care. The purpose of this study was to identify and characterize potentially preventable transfers (PT) to a freestanding level-I pediatric trauma center.Children with traumatic injuries transferred between 2003 and 2013 were retrospectively analyzed. A PT was defined as a child who...