Neonatal Air Ambulance Transport Services

Each year in the U.S. 500,000 babies are born premature. That’s approximately one in eight babies born are “preemies.” A premature baby is a baby that is born before 37 weeks of pregnancy. Because these babies are born too early, they weigh much less than full-term babies. Their organs may be under developed, and they may be required to stay in a neonatal intensive care unit. Sometimes these babies need to be transported from one hospital to another and sometimes this may mean a trip on an air ambulance.
Transporting these babies is not an easy task. It requires a special neonatal incubator and a medical specialist or team to accompany the infant. Sometimes these children need emergent care. Studies have shown that the faster the transport to the specialized care facility, the better the outcome is for the infant.
The first incubator for premature babies was in invented in 1880 in France, and reportedly the death rate of premature babies fell from 66 to 38 percent. During World War II, the benefits for fast aero medical evacuation were discovered. The Korean and Vietnam wars and led to the start of civilian air ambulances, called “medevac” helicopters.
Today the advancement in neonatal incubators and air ambulances has come a long way. Incubators now are advanced and regulate the baby’s core temperature and outside temperature, control humidity, are lighter and more portable, and can be equipped the skin temperature sensors, IV poles, mattresses, and also can be used with both AC and DC power alternatively.