PEDIATRICS Vol. 55 No. 6 June 1975, pp. 774-782
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An Analysis of Air Transport Results in the Sick Newborn Infant: Part I. The Transport Team

Gary Pettett MC1, Gerald B. Merenstein MC1, Frederick C. Battaglia M.D.1, L. Joseph Butterfield M.D.1, and Ruth Efird R.N.1

1 Departments of Pediatrics, Fitzsimons Army Medical Center and University of Colorado Medical Center, the Newborn Center, Denver Children's Hospital, and the Emergency Air Service, St. Anthony's Hospital, Denver

Regionalization of neonatal intensive care has necessitated air transport of the critically ill infant in sparsely populated areas. All newborn air transports to four Denver area newborn intensive-care units over a 14-month period were reviewed. An emergency-care nurse and a neonatal intensive-care nurse provided the basic transport team with physician assistance in selected cases. Infants were evaluated and stabilized at the referring hospital before moving the infant. The transports were analyzed for the type of aircraft utilized, reason for referral, and mortality. The results indicate that prior planning will permit the use of the most appropriate aircraft and transport team. When using well-trained transport personnel, the presence of a physician may be limited to specific situations without adversely affecting overall neonatal mortality.

Submitted on August 30, 1974
Accepted on November 6, 1974




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