Neonatal Emergency Transport Service, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department Mother and Child, Territorial Social Health Company (IRCCS) Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.
Neonatal Emergency Transport Service, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department Mother and Child, Territorial Social Health Company (IRCCS) Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.
Air Med J. 2021 Jul-Aug;40(4):232-236. doi: 10.1016/j.amj.2021.03.015. Epub 2021 May 1.
The present article shows the current neonatal air transport organization and activity in Italy. The results were obtained on the basis of a recent 2019 survey (year of activity 2018) performed by the Neonatal Transport Study Group of the Italian Society of Neonatology. The total number of newborn transports during the year 2018 was 6,464. The air-suitable transports were 512 of 5,852 (8.74%), and among them, 101 of 512 (19.72%) were performed by helicopter and 34 by airplane. Besides the availability of air transport, the interfacility distance, weather and traffic conditions, and rural mountainous roads were the main factors in determining the vehicle choice. Neonatal air transport in Italy is not homogeneously distributed and needs organizational corrections. The high density of neonatal emergency transport services on the national territory indicates the need to overcome the limits imposed by regional administrative borders, thus expanding the geographic area of competence.
本文展示了意大利目前的新生儿航空转运组织和活动情况。这些结果是基于意大利新生儿学会新生儿转运研究组在 2019 年(活动年份为 2018 年)进行的一项最新调查得出的。2018 年全年新生儿转运总数为 6464 例。适合空运的转运有 5852 例中的 512 例(8.74%),其中 101 例(19.72%)通过直升机进行,34 例通过飞机进行。除了空中运输的可用性外,医院间的距离、天气和交通状况以及农村山区道路是决定交通工具选择的主要因素。意大利的新生儿航空转运分布不均,需要进行组织调整。全国新生儿急救转运服务的高密度表明需要克服地区行政边界的限制,从而扩大管辖地理区域。