RT  - Signa Vitae
ID  - 10.22514/SV91.042014.14 
T1  - Safety in the neonatal and infant transport system: report on three cases with evidence-based comments on safety during transportation
A1  - STEFAN GROSEK
K1  - safety
K1  - neonatal tran-sport
K1  - pneumothorax
K1  - prostaglandin infusion
K1  - extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
YR  - 2014
SP  - 66
AB  - <p>Infant transport has been carried out in Slovenia since 1976. Applying the principles of safe transport was essential to avoid unexpected exposure of critically ill infants to unnecessary and adverse events. Besides organizational and technical prerequisites for safe transportation, evidence-based clinical knowledge and practical competence are of utmost impor-tance. Furthermore, the ongoing possibility of consulting other colleagues during transportation, choose the optimal form of retrieval of very sick infants, is sometimes needed and preferred. Three different cases are presented here where skilled medical teams decided how to transport critically ill infants, and at what risks and costs. All three transports were succe-ssfully completed with good outcomes despite difficult clinical conditions prior to and during retrieval.</p>