[Deliveries during transportation and shortly after admission to hospital].
BACKGROUND
The community midwife services in Oppland county are under review. Many pregnant women live far from hospital. This is a study of the occurrence of deliveries during transport to hospital.


METHODS
We used hospital records to identify women who had given birth during transport in Oppland county in the period 1989-97. We mailed a questionnaire to these and to 100 women who had given birth shortly after arrival at Lillehammer hospital in 1996-97.


RESULTS
133 women gave birth to 133 children during transport in Oppland 1989-97. This amounts to 0.69% of all births in the county. One child died during birth. A midwife assisted 71% of the women. However, only one third of these midwives had been on call at the time. Most women gave birth at night, and had their second child.


CONCLUSIONS
Deliveries during transport are inevitable and mostly uncomplicated. Midwives on call may provide qualified assistance during transport when the delivery is imminent.
Fougner
B
B
Fødeavdelingen Lillehammer fylkessykehus.
Nakling
J
J
D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D008880:Midwifery; D009664:Norway; D010298:Parity; D010343:Patient Admission; D011247:Pregnancy; D019035:Rural Health Services; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D014187:Transportation of Patients
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