RE: OB transport

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

Just food for thought.  I'm responding from a specialty team that you didn't
want to hear from...  Our hospital does over 4000 deliveries per year.  We
have a hand full of RN's who are certified through AWHONN for ultrasound.
They barely do enough ultrasounds to keep their skills up.  I always caution
people doing more and more specialty work when they may not do enough
consistently to maintain their skills.

Patti Mauseth, RN
Perinatal Transport/Outreach Coordinator
Good Samaritan Hospital
408 559-2153


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Ken Lawson-Williams [SMTP:Macgyver@FlightMedicMail.com]
> Sent:	Monday, September 16, 2002 10:58 AM
> To:	flightmed@flightweb.com
> Subject:	Re: OB transport
> 
> Medics as well as RN's are (and do) at Medflight (Yellowknife). Assuming
> that you mean determining the fetal lie by the use of traditional handheld
> doppler in conjunction with 'Leopoulds' style hands-on assessment. 
> 
> We do about 1000 flights a year (6.5 hr average length, fixed wing) and
> about 55% are primary transports (scene calls). Roughly 35% of all of our
> flights in total are high risk perinatal/neonatal/pede patients - with
> perinatal about 2/3rds of those. Only about 2/5 of our perinatal trips are
> interfacility. Average out over 4 crews and you do about 35 perinatal
> scene responses a year each. 
> 
> Fly Safe. 
> Ken L-W CCEMT-P/WMT
> 
> Duct tape is like the force, it has a light side and a dark side, and it
> holds the universe together.
> 
> 
> --- message from "jery" <jery@internetcds.com> attached: << Message: OB
> transport >> 

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