Details of transport of the critically ill newborns
| DDSC (50) | DDPC (139) | TGA IVS (69) | TGA VSD (25) | Obstructed TAPVC (42) | Unobstructed TAPVC (26) | Truncus arteriosus (12) | Others (55) | Total (418) | |
| Medic/paramedic transport | 40 (80%) | 102 (74%) | 38 (56%) | 10 (40%) | 29 (71%) | 9 (35%) | 4 (33%) | 27 (49%) | 259 (62%) |
| Distance travelled, km (median, range) | 1.5 (0–207) | 29.9 (0–750) | 55.5 (0–451) | 56 (0–350) | 78 (0–480) | 9.3 (0–133) | 61.5 (0–364) | 32 (0–401) | 43 (0–750) |
| Ventilated transport | 12 (24%) | 34 (25%) | 15 (23%) | 10 (38%) | 15 (38%) | 1 (3.8%) | 2 (16%) | 18 (32%) | 107 (25.6%) |
| PGE1 | 3 (5%) | 11 (8%) | 1 (1.4)% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 (3.59%) |
| SpO2 at arrival, % (mean/SD) | 88.9 (7.5) | 83.2 (12.5) | 81 (13.3) | 86.7 (8.1) | 81.2 (10.7) | 88.7 (6.8) | 92(8) | 89.2 (10.4) | 84.1 (8.3) |
DDPC, duct-dependent pulmonary circulation; DDSC, duct-dependent systemic circulation; PGE1, prostaglandin E1; TAPVC, total anomalous pulmonary venous connection; TGA IVS, transposition of great arteries with intact ventricular septum; TGA VSD, transposition of great arteries with ventricular septal defect.