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May 18, 2018

Neonatal Pediatric Transport

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- [Dr. Shimer] Neonatal babies have some
special requirements.

They don't have the ability to hold their
temperature, and if they can't hold

their temperature, then they'll have
trouble being able to breathe,

needing extra oxygen,
having low blood sugars.

- [Dr. O'Neill] We have a NICU here in
Paducah, and we're able to take care

of the babies we deliver at Baptist.
Certainly it enhances and

promotes basically, in general,
better outcomes for the infants.

When you're born in other hospitals around
this part of the state,

and the western part of Kentucky,
there are several hospitals that deliver

babies that do not have the ability to
care for infants that need special care.

Up until now, all those babies have had to
be referred farther away from home.

You know, Nashville, Louisville,
Cape Girardeau. Now we have the ability

to pick up a baby that needs our services.

- So, with our neonatal transport system,
we have a transport isolette that can

actually maintain that temperature so that
we can have optimal health in the

transport process.

- The team is made up of four specialized,
trained people. One is a respirotherapist

who can help run the ventilator
because this has a ventilator on it.

We also bring two nurses.
We also bring a neonatal

nurse practitioner. The nurse practitioner
is in communication with the attending

physician which is myself or Dr. Shimmer.
And so we are help guide any care that's

delivered at their referring hospital.
What we're really doing is doing what we

do here in the NICU at Baptist,
we're just doing it on the road. And so,

it's extremely important to try and extend
that radius of service to other people

in the community.

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Baptist Health Paducah: Neonatal Pediatric Transport

Neonatologists Kimberly Shimer, MD, and Edward O’Neill, MD, describe how Baptist Health Paducah can safely transport babies born early to the hospital’s NICU for special care.

Neonatal Pediatric Transport Health Talks Transcript

Kimberly Shimer, MD, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Neonatal babies have some special requirements. They don’t have the ability to hold their temperature, and if they can’t hold their temperature, they’ll have trouble being able to breathe, needing extra oxygen, having low blood sugar.

Edward O’Neill, MD, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
We have a NICU here in Paducah, and we’re able to take care of the babies we deliver at Baptist. Certainly, it enhances and promotes, basically, general better outcomes for the infants. When you’re born in other hospitals around this part of the state, in the western part of Kentucky, there are several hospitals that deliver babies that do not have the ability to care for infants who need special care. Up until now, all those babies have had to be referred farther away from home in Nashville, Louisville and Cape Girardeau. Now, we have the ability to pick up a baby that needs our services.

Dr. Shimer
So, with our neonatal transports system, we have a transport isolette that can actually maintain that temperature so that we can have optimal health in the transport process.

Dr. O’Neill
The team is made up of four specialized, trained people. One is a respiratory therapist who can help run the ventilator, because this has a ventilator on it. We also bring two nurses. We also bring in a neonatal nurse practitioner. The nurse practitioner is in communication with the attending physician, which is myself or Dr. Shimer, so we are able to help guide in the care that’s delivered at their referring hospital.

What we’re really doing is doing what we do here in NICU at Baptist. We’re just doing it on the road and so it’s extremely important to try and extend that radius of service to other people in the community.

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