A retrospetive evaluation of the impact of a dedicated obstetric and neonatal transport service on transport times within an urban setting
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2009
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To determine whether the establishment of a dedicated obstetric and neonatal flying squad resulted in improved performance within the setting of a major metropolitan area. The Cape Town metropolitan service of the Emergency Medical Services was selected for a retrospective review of the transit times for the newly implemented Flying Squad programme. Data were imported from the Computer Aided Dispatch programme. Dispatch, Response, Mean Transit and Total Pre-hospital times, relating to the obstetric and neonatal incidents was analysed for 2005 and 2008.
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De Vries, S. 2009. A retrospetive evaluation of the impact of a dedicated obstetric and neonatal transport service on transport times within an urban setting. University of Cape Town.