Premature babies born today have a better chance of surviving the dangers of their early days. Most hospitals have advanced treatments in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). But what is the transport facility?
Premature babies or babies with birth complications need urgent medical attention. In such cases, ICATT has a neonatal air ambulance or infant incubator air ambulance to ensure that premature babies who are in serious condition receive immediate medical attention.
The ICATT Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) air ambulance is the first of its kind in India. By using our air ambulance, we transport premature babies and newborns with complications during delivery. They are cared for by neonatologists and highly specialized staff so that they survive in the air ambulance. By using ICATT air ambulance, we transported two 400gm Premature Babies On Ventilator Safely At The Same Time.
This article will give information about how this air ambulance helps premature babies on ventilator air transported safely at the same time.
Neonatal air ambulance:
Premature babies require more intensive care than normal babies because they may not be able to maintain a constant body temperature and breathe irregularly. They require conditions similar to the womb. This is done in an incubator that offers a closed and controlled condition.
For example, A husband and wife who could not get pregnant for years finally conceived. Still, the baby was born prematurely and had severe complications at birth requiring emergency transportation to another facility. So they contacted ICATT with a request for a newborn air ambulance to help the baby during inter transfer intensive care. ICATT agreed about an ambulance for an infant incubator with NICU.
The newborn air ambulance is comfortable for the baby and is equipped with a newborn ventilator, AMBU bag and other special medical equipment. With experienced doctors and trained paramedics on hand when the baby is brought to the ICU, the team is ready to tackle any challenges that arise.
ICATT can take Two 400gm premature babies on a ventilator. They can be air transported safely at the same time with all the required equipment.
Concerned about infant mortality, this newborn air ambulance is the key to lowering the percentage and making parents’ faces smile. ICATT made it easy for the couple to arrange an air ambulance for the newborn on time. Premature babies can survive and live another day with air ambulance incubators.
What is an Incubator?
We can describe the incubator for a premature baby as a baby pod. The interior provides intensive care for newborns and provides life support. This enables the care of premature babies and also allows long-distance transportation of newborns. It maintains a constant temperature, oxygen supply with the option of connecting a ventilator and keeps the baby sterile and hygienic.
Our newborn incubators are specially designed for flexible use. Our incubators for severely ill newborns meet comprehensive technical requirements. They are lightweight, portable and easy to install in all modes of transport.
Once it is known which paediatric facility will accept the premature baby, we will design the quickest and most secure route for them. Our transport incubators for newborns can be transported in a specially equipped mobile intensive care unit (MICA) in a rescue helicopter or medical fixed-wing. The decision of the vehicle relies upon climate conditions, distance, origin and objective circumstances, and above all, your child’s wellbeing. We can influence transportation anywhere in the world at any time.
ICATT air transport services for premature babies include:
- Specialized flight crew and extensively trained medical team, consisting of flight nurses for newborns, respiratory therapists and medical staff accompanying patients.
- Complete medically configured aircraft with necessary mission equipment, including a level 3 neonatal intensive care unit, environmentally controlled isolette incubator, low oxygen flow mixer and neonatal ventilator
- Fixed-wing medical jet with an intensive care unit and long-range function that can fly in all weather conditions
- A 24-hour mission response centre that works with highly trained specialists who have access to medical specialists and consultants
- Assistance with medical approval, hospitalization, ground transportation, commercial medical escort, bed-to-bed medical transport and “fly to fly” status checks
- Infant transportation is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The newborn transport team will monitor your baby.
The anatomy of a child, particularly a premature baby, is altogether different from that of a grown-up. This requires not only special equipment, but also special training and, most importantly, a lot of experience in intensive care of premature and newborn babies. The newborn transport team, who will accompany you if necessary, are very skilled in this medical field and are continually updating training. There are at least one intensive care paediatrician and one intensive care nurse for newborns during transport. We will add more specialists for unique necessities, e.g. If there are findings of pediatric cardiology, neurosurgery, general surgery, or ENT.
Our equipment in NICU:
Our Baby Pod transport or incubator for babies has been specially developed for flexible use and has excellent connectivity with the following devices:
- The ventilator that supports even the smallest preterm infants with a tidal breathing volume of 2 ml
- A tool for analysing blood gases, which determines the levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood
- Sonography and echocardiography device that can be used to detect complications as early as possible and visually display heart function at any time
- Continuous monitoring, ECG sensors, defibrillators, pacemakers, SpO2, NIBP and IBP, specially adapted for children
- Up to eight syringes for intravenous therapy
- Video laryngoscope and auxiliary aids for alternative airway management specially adapted for children
- Vein recognition systems and intraosseous access systems, suited for children
Type of support for ventilation of the infant unit
Mechanical ventilation through an endotracheal tube (intubation)
- Supplemental oxygen
- Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV)
- Bag-and-mask ventilation or mechanical ventilation
- Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)
- Nasal prong oxygen</span
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
Conclusion:
You can trust ICATT for newborn air transport. In that case, you can rest assured that your beloved child is in the competent hands of a highly qualified, dedicated and multidisciplinary team. Since its inception, ICATT has adhered to the most stringent medical protocols and successfully transported hundreds of newborns, babies and children under our experienced newborn care team. Contact ICATT air ambulance at +91-9701111156.
