When a child is brought to the intensive care unit, the life of the little patient is usually in danger. For parents and other loved ones, such situations are connected with fear, pain, or mourning. The crisis intervention network for severely ill children and their families helps doctors and care personnel to cope with difficult situations and sensitizes them to cultural differences, for example in dealings with refugees. At hospitals. special crisis escorts are trained to support care personnel and exchange ideas on an equal footing in a cross-hospital network. For the best help in the worst case.