Fetal monitoring during air medical transport.
A prior survey of physiologic monitoring practices during maternal air medical transport by helicopter found that cardiotocography is rarely utilized. The authors report their experience with fetal heart-rate monitoring during helicopter transport of high-risk mothers. The technique is as readily applied to the care of the patient in a helicopter as it is in the modern labor and delivery suite. The study found no substantial reasons why such monitoring should not be used in air medical transport.
St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Topeka, KS.
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Poulton
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Gutierrez
D000401:Aircraft; D000552:Ambulances; D015148:Cardiotocography / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003625:Data Collection; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D005323:Fetal Monitoring / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D009329:Nebraska; D011247:Pregnancy