PMID: 9422188Jun 1, 1995Paper

Neonatal transport by helicopter in The Netherlands: a 7-year overview

European Journal of Emergency Medicine : Official Journal of the European Society for Emergency Medicine
W P FetterH N Lafeber

Abstract

In the Netherlands, neonatal intensive care is provided in 10 neonatal intensive care centres. Although antenatal transport is preferred, each year more than 1000 newborns are transported to the centres, in the majority of cases by ambulance. Transport by helicopter became available in 1987. From June 1987 till December 1993, 583 infants were transported by helicopter (median gestational age 32 weeks, range 24-43). Forty-four per cent had a gestational age of less than 32 weeks. Four hundred and forty-six infants were mechanically ventilated. No baby died in transfer. After admission, 101 infants died (18.4%). There were no accidents during transport Ten per cent of the requested flights was cancelled because of weather conditions. The mean transport time of the babies was 36 min (range 10-145), and the mean transport time of the transport teams was 128 min (range 20-345). The transports carried out from 1987 to 1989 were recalculated with regard to duration and cost, assuming they were carried out by ambulance instead of by helicopter: for the babies, the mean transport time by helicopter was 75% less than the calculated mean transport time by ambulance. However, the financial costs per transport were on average Dutch florins ...Continue Reading

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Nov 1, 2005·Seminars in Neonatology : SN·Brian A Lupton, Margaret R Pendray
Dec 29, 2013·Anales de pediatría : publicación oficial de la Asociación Española de Pediatría (A.E.P.)·E Carreras-GonzálezG Ginovart-Galiana
May 15, 2007·Acta Paediatrica·Astri LangClaus Klingenberg

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