[Mobile intensive-care-unit for transportation of premature and newborn babies at risc (author's transl)].

This is a technical report on a specially equipped ambulance for transportation of high-risk, seriously ill neonates. A mobile neonatal intensive-care-unit operating independently of the car utilized an Ohio-transport-incubator with 12V-DC portable power pak and collapsible stand, battery-operated ECG-monitor with optical and acoustical signal, a ECG-monitor with optical and acoustical signal, a battery-operated infusion pump, a Bird-respirator mark 8 with oxygen-blender, nebulizer and infant circuit with modification for PEEP as well as additional accessories. Ambulance-duty service is guaranteed by the German Red Cross (DRK) to facilitate transfer at any time, while skilled personal (physician, nurse) of the intensive care ward in on 24 hs call.