NTL Record

Title Evaluation of cardiopulmonary factors critical to successful emergency perinatal air transport.
Record ID 39422
Personal Name
Creator
Lategola, M.T.; Flux, M.
Corporate Creator Civil Aeromedical Institute
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Office of Aviation Medicine
Publisher Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
Publication Date 19820300
Language English
Abstract Regionalization of specialized perinatal care is a fully viable and progressing concept. The two major components of regionalized care are the level III care facility and the air transport service. In descending importance, the medical transport team, the pilot and aircraft, and related technology and equipment are the three most important components of the transport service. Although significant reductions in perinatal morbidity and mortality have already resulted from development of regional care, additional progress is possible and desirable. Areas of possible improvement are: earlier precrisis diagnosis of maternal and/or fetal risk at level I care; supplementary training of medical transport personnel in perinatal aspects of Aviation Medicine, Physiology, and Safety; technology or preflight stabilization of the pregnant mother or the neonate; adjunct medical training of transport pilots; exclusive use of multiengine, fixed-wing, all-weather aircraft; and technology of in-flight life support and monitoring equipment and methods.
Rosap ID dot:21206
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/21206
TRT Terms Emergency transportation; Air transportation; Pregnant women; Cardiovascular system; Medical personnel; Airplanes; Helicopters; Air ambulances; Physiological aspects; Hypoxia; Temperature; Humidity; Motion; Noise; Vibration; Studies
General Subjects Emergency transportation; Pregnant women; Cardiopulmonary system; Medical personnel; Helicopter ambulances; Airplane ambulances; Cerebral anoxia; Temperature; Humidity; Motion; Noise; Vibration
Classification NTL - AVIATION - Aviation Safety/Airworthiness;
NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Aviation Safety/Airworthiness
Geographical
Coverage
United States
Report Number FAA-AM-82-5; DOT/FAA/AM-82/5
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/39000/39400/39422/AM82-05.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository