The infant transport service.

The ultimate goal of an infant transport service is the reduction of neonatal morbidity and mortality in a given area. In order to attain this goal, the program must provide for the controlled transfer of a stabilized infant. Sub-objectives will include but not be limited to the integration of a readily available and knowledgeable ambulance service, the selection of appropriate transport teams, the establishment and maintenance of ongoing communications between all parties, the teaching of neonatal medicine to stimulate thereferring hospital to begin infant stabilization, and the constant evaluation of the overall performance of the infant transport system to detect defects in the system.