Unintended Events in Long-Distance Neonatal Interhospital Transport in Western Australia: A Comparison of Neonatal Specialist and Non-Neonatal Specialist Transport Teams.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare unintended events in transfers performed by neonatal specialist (NS) and non-neonatal specialist (NNS) teams in Western Australia (WA).

Study design

Retrospective comparison of neonatal transfers from the Kimberley and Pilbara regions (WA) to tertiary services, King Edward Memorial (perinatal) and Perth Children's Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, in Perth (state capital, distance up to 2200 km) between January 2018 and June 2021. NS teams traveled from the tertiary to the referring center and back. NNS traveled from the referring to the tertiary center. Transport time, team composition, total unintended clinical and endotracheal tube (ETT) events were compared. Categorial data are expressed as numbers (%) and compared by χ² test; continu

SUBMITTER: Gardiner J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11824664 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature