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.
Poulton
T J
TJ
St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Topeka, KS.
Gutierrez
P J
PJ
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