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Death on transport: a follow-up program

L R Fink

    Neonatal Network : NN
    |October 1, 1994
    PubMed
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    This study details a pediatric transport team

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    Area of Science:

    • Pediatric transport medicine
    • Healthcare quality improvement
    • Neonatal and pediatric critical care

    Background:

    • St. Louis Children's Hospital established a dedicated neonatal and pediatric transport team.
    • A formalized death follow-up program was initiated in 1990 by this transport team.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To provide feedback to referring hospitals.
    • To conduct internal reviews and meet quality improvement guidelines.
    • To enhance the education of transport team members.

    Main Methods:

    • Formalized death follow-up program established in 1990.
    • Quarterly death follow-up meetings.
    • Inclusion of all transport-related deaths and deaths within 24 hours post-transport.

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    Main Results:

    • 61 death follow-ups were conducted between January 1990 and December 1993.
    • The program provides a structured review beyond traditional morbidity and mortality conferences.

    Conclusions:

    • The death follow-up program serves multiple critical functions for a pediatric transport team.
    • This initiative enhances quality improvement, inter-hospital communication, and team education.