Italian neonatal transport changed during the pandemic due to some hospitals being re‐designated for COVID‐19 cases

Reducing the Incidence of Hypothermia and Hypoglycemia during Neonatal Transport

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.137.supplement_3.624a ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 137 (Supplement 3) ◽

pp. 624A-624A

Author(s):

Suhasini Kaushal ◽

Deborah A. Hoy

Keyword(s):

Neonatal Transport

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High-Flow Nasal Cannula on Neonatal Transport: Table

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.137.supplement_3.642a ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 137 (Supplement 3) ◽

pp. 642A-642A

Author(s):

Vivien Carrion ◽

Matthew Parrish ◽

Praveen Chandrasekharan

Keyword(s):

High Flow ◽

Nasal Cannula ◽

High Flow Nasal Cannula ◽

Neonatal Transport

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National Survey of Neonatal Transport Teams in the United States

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.2010-3796d ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 128 (4) ◽

pp. peds.2010-3796d-peds.2010-3796d

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

National Survey ◽

The United States ◽

Neonatal Transport

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The immediate efficacy of inhaled nitric oxide treatment in preterm infants with acute respiratory failure during neonatal transport

Acta Paediatrica ◽

10.1111/apa.14958 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 109 (2) ◽

pp. 309-313 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Felipe Garrido ◽

Juan Luis Gonzalez‐Caballero ◽

Rachel Lomax ◽

Ian Dady

Keyword(s):

Nitric Oxide ◽

Respiratory Failure ◽

Acute Respiratory Failure ◽

Preterm Infants ◽

Inhaled Nitric Oxide ◽

Neonatal Transport

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Clinical deterioration during neonatal transport in California

Journal of Perinatology ◽

10.1038/s41372-019-0488-5 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 40 (3) ◽

pp. 377-384 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Vidya V. Pai ◽

Peiyi Kan ◽

Jeffrey B. Gould ◽

Alvin Hackel ◽

Henry C. Lee

Keyword(s):

Clinical Deterioration ◽

Neonatal Transport

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Smartphone monitoring of in-ambulance vibration and noise

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part H Journal of Engineering in Medicine ◽

10.1177/0954411920985994 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 095441192098599

Author(s):

Tom Partridge ◽

Lorelei Gherman ◽

David Morris ◽

Roger Light ◽

Andrew Leslie ◽

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Keyword(s):

Transport Systems ◽

Vertical Acceleration ◽

Vehicle Speed ◽

Noise Levels ◽

The Road ◽

Neonatal Transport ◽

Mass Data ◽

Transport Team ◽

Vertical Accelerations ◽

Noise Vibration

Transferring sick premature infants between hospitals increases the risk of severe brain injury, potentially linked to the excessive exposure to noise, vibration and driving-related accelerations. One method of reducing these levels may be to travel along smoother and quieter roads at an optimal speed, however this requires mass data on the effect of roads on the environment within ambulances. An app for the Android operating system has been developed for the purpose of recording vibration, noise levels, location and speed data during ambulance journeys. Smartphone accelerometers were calibrated using sinusoidal excitation and the microphones using calibrated pink noise. Four smartphones were provided to the local neonatal transport team and mounted on their neonatal transport systems to collect data. Repeatability of app recordings was assessed by comparing 37 journeys, made during the study period, along an 8.5 km single carriageway. The smartphones were found to have an accelerometer accurate to 5% up to 55 Hz and microphone accurate to 0.8 dB up to 80 dB. Use of the app was readily adopted by the neonatal transport team, recording more than 97,000 km of journeys in 1 year. To enable comparison between journeys, the 8.5 km route was split into 10 m segments. Interquartile ranges for vehicle speed, vertical acceleration and maximum noise level were consistent across all segments (within 0.99 m . s−1, 0.13 m · s−2 and 1.4 dB, respectively). Vertical accelerations registered were representative of the road surface. Noise levels correlated with vehicle speed. Android smartphones are a viable method of accurate mass data collection for this application. We now propose to utilise this approach to reduce potential harmful exposure, from vibration and noise, by routing ambulances along the most comfortable roads.

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