Archives of Disease in Childhood 2009;94:282-286
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Analysis of the retrieval times of a centralised transport service, New South Wales, Australia
1 New South Wales Newborn and Paediatric Emergency Transport Service (NETS), Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
2 School of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Dr Andrew Berry, NETS, POB 205, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia; Andrew.Berry{at}nets.org.au
Objectives: To examine the transport times of immediate and emergency retrievals for neonatal and paediatric patients retrieved by ground and air from general hospitals to tertiary centres.
Designs: We conducted a database review of the records of 17 011 requests for retrieval to a centralised transport service in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, Australia from 2000 to 2006.
Results: Immediate and emergency retrievals included 4575 (43.7%) neonatal and 5887 (56.3%) paediatric retrievals. The median stabilisation time was 97 min for neonatal compared with 50 min for paediatric retrievals. Neonatal retrievals had a significantly longer stabilisation time (approx x2), handover time (approx x1.2) and mission time (approx x1.3) compared to paediatric retrievals.
Conclusions: Establishing reference times for the transport process is a valuable quality assurance tool. Such data will be valuable for staff and budgeting purposes and for evaluating new interventions that reduce retrieval times.
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