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Prehospital administration of surfactant to a premature neonate in respiratory distress. Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine Mize, C. H., Dorji, L. n., Zafren, K. n. 2019; 27 (1): 95

Abstract

The population of the Kingdom of Bhutan is scattered in small villages throughout the eastern Himalaya. Infants born prematurely in villages have no access to neonatal intensive care until they are transported to the national referral hospital, a process that once took hours, if not days. After the introduction of a helicopter critical-care retrieval team, we were able to send a trained team to a remote location that successfully administered surfactant and initiated critical care to a premature, extreme low birth weight infant in severe respiratory distress in the first hour of life. Although the infant was in shock and in a near-arrest state at the time the team arrived, he made an excellent recovery after resuscitation by the team.

View details for DOI 10.1186/s13049-019-0664-9

View details for PubMedID 31665094