isolette transports - non neonate question

[michtanner at comcast.net]

Hi - From Salt Lake City!
As a general rule, we use the isolette for up to 5 kg, but, we might also use it for larger babies if they need our high frequency ventilatory. The plexiglass top can come off allowing more room for larger babies. We have a velcro-mesh-net-strap system to secure the baby. We might also try to cram a larger baby in if they need the heat provided by the isolette. We don't use weight as a hard and fast rule. For the larger baby we will generally use the pedi-mate, or if not too sick, a carseat. 
Michelle Tanner
Intermountain LifeFlight Newborn
-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: Pedsrusscott at cs.com 


> Greetings - I'm looking for input on how other teams transport little ones (not 

> in the nursery/NICU), but from the ER/peds floors (i.e. kid is a few weeks old, 

> but still "little" - Especially for those under 10 or so pounds, do you bring an 

> isolette vs. porta-warmers & pedi-mates? Any experiences welcomed 

> thanx! 

> Scott DeBoer RN,MSN,CFRN,EMT-P 

> Peds-R-Us Medical Education 

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