Waikato Women's Hospital newborn transport service: the first years's experience.
A transport service is an essential component of modern neonatal care. A regional service based on Waikato Women's Hospital is described and the first twelve months experience is reviewed. Sixty-six babies were transported of whom twenty-six were emergency retrievals. All twenty six babies were transported safely and all but two were eventually returned home. Some problems are discussed and recommendations made.
D000401:Aircraft; D000552:Ambulances; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006771:Hospitals, Maternity; D006801:Humans; D007186:Incubators, Infant; D007224:Infant Care / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D009520:New Zealand; D014187:Transportation of Patients / Q000379:methods*