Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews
Volume 9, Issue 4 , Pages 207-211 , December 2009

The Impact of Air Ambulance Transport on Neonatal Outcomes

  • Cindy Killion, RNC-NIC, C-NPT

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Cindy Killion, RNC-NIC, C-NPT, Neonatal Transport Supervisor, Toledo Children's Hospital, 2142 N. Cove Blvd., Toledo, OH 43606.
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  • Howard M. Stein, MD

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 From the neonatal intensive care unit at Toledo Children's Hospital, Toledo, OH, a member of ProMedica Health System.

PII: S1527-3369(09)00135-4

doi: 10.1053/j.nainr.2009.09.008

Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews
Volume 9, Issue 4 , Pages 207-211 , December 2009