Effect of skill-based educational training for ambulance personnel on neonatal transport for newborn care in coastal South India - a single arm intervention study.

Autor:	Kalyan S; Department of Pediatrics, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka, Manipal, 576104, India., Kamath SP; Department of Pediatrics, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka, Manipal, 576104, India., Shetty S S; Department of Neonatology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka, Manipal, 576104, India., Holla R; Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka, Manipal, 576104, India., Lewis L; Department of Pediatrics, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka, Manipal, 576104, India., Lashkari P H; Department of Pediatrics, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka, Manipal, 576104, India., Shenoy M S; Department of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka, Manipal, 576104, India., Baliga B S; Department of Pediatrics, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka, Manipal, 576104, India.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	F1000Research [F1000Res] 2024 Jul 08; Vol. 13, pp. 767. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 08 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI:	10.12688/f1000research.150058.1
Abstrakt:	Background: Education of '108' ambulance personnel involved in transporting neonates may improve outcomes. We assessed i) perceptions/practices of '108' ambulance personnel for transporting neonates, ii) clinical parameters of transported neonates at arrival, and iii) outcomes such as survival/mortality and NICU stay (before and after skill-based educational intervention). Methods: We conducted a single-arm intervention study (pre-and post) over 18 months. We assessed the perceptions and practices of 77 ambulance personnel on neonatal transport pre- versus post-intervention. Checklists assessed ambulance equipment availability/usage in both phases. We compared clinical parameters and outcomes of transported neonates between the pre-intervention (n=62) and post-intervention (n=53) phases. We analyzed data using SPSS version 25. Results: Post-intervention, there was a significant reduction in the levels of hypothermia (p < 0.001), hypoglycemia (p=0.010), and prolonged capillary refill time (p=0.042), along with improvement in the use of intravenous fluids (p <0.001), a reduction in the positivity of umbilical swab growth (p=0.002) and in the duration of NICU stay (p = 0.001), significant improvement ( p < 0.001) in the perceptions/practices of ambulance personnel towards neonatal transport. There was an improvement in the ambulance equipment availability/usage post-intervention. Conclusions: The perceptions and practices of the '108' ambulance towards transporting neonates had significantly improved post-educational intervention. Further, a significant decrease in hypothermia, hypoglycemia, and duration of NICU stay was seen in neonates transported post-intervention. Competing Interests: No competing interests were disclosed. (Copyright: © 2024 Kalyan S et al.)
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