RE: stable neonate transports

[Mauseth Patrice <Patrice.Mauseth@HCAHealthcare.com>]

I don't have ANY issues with paramedics or any other health professionals.
In California, a medic could not work in an NICU taking full care of a baby.
That's what I mean when I say who else would work in an NICU.  The state has
the final decision.  When you need a trained team, it ends up being an RN.
We fly with an NNP and RT.  

I forget this is an international website.  Different countries will have
different configurations.  Our state would not allow a medic to transport a
neonate without an RN.  I'm not saying that's right or wrong.  I'm saying it
just couldn't be done any other way.  The bottom line....  We need teams who
are specific to neonatal transports to move our babies.  Those teams must
have abundant experience in the NICU.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Ken Lawson-Williams [SMTP:Macgyver@FlightMedicMail.com]
> Sent:	Monday, April 01, 2002 4:28 PM
> To:	flightmed@flightweb.com
> Subject:	RE: stable neonate transports
> 
> --- Mauseth Patrice <Patrice.Mauseth@HCAHealthcare.com> wrote:
> >What other title could work in an NICU? 
> 
> FP-C, CCEMT-P, NREMT-P, REMT-P etc. 
> 
> Other than politics, what reasons are there for not having paramedics
> assigned to and working in an NICU? In British Columbia, all the neonatal
> transports are done using paramedics who spend one tour on the aircraft
> and the nect in the NICU. Has been working well for years. No nurses or
> RT's, and only occasionally a doctor (neonatologist, not a resident) -
> based on patient instability, but always two paramedics.
> 
> >It is vital to have NICU experience.  Not just a few classes and
> >precepting with the patient type.
> 
> Completely agtree. See above.
> 
> Fly Safe. KLW
> 
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