WOMEN’S HOSPITAL ADDS NEONATAL TRANSPORT ISOLETTE
NASHVILLE, Tenn., October 20, 2003 – Women’s Hospital at Centennial has become the first hospital in the state, and one of only a handful in the country, to begin using “The Voyager Light”, a neonatal transport isolette to transport critically ill infants from other hospitals to Women’s Hospital for care.
“The Voyager Light”, which will be used for acute neonatal transports, serves as a self-contained intensive care unit on wheels. It is equipped with a state-of-the art neonatal ventilator, cardio respiratory monitor, thermo regulatory control specifically created for neonatal patient transport, and an anti-vibration mattress to decrease stress to the baby and provide increased stability.
Neonatal transports account for 15 percent of the Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) admissions each year. The Women’s Hospital neonatal transport program has been rapidly expanding, with 85 transports to date this year - 25 percent more than this time in 2002.
“Every year we see an increased number of transport cases,” said Nicole Herndon administrative director for Women’s Hospital. “With the new isolette, we will be better able to serve the needs of the babies as they are transported to Women’s,” The Neonatal Transport team consists of 45 medical professionals who are specially trained in neonatal transport and neonatal care. Women’s Neonatal transport service covers a radius of approximately 60 miles from Nashville.
Women’s Hospital has a 40-bed Level III NICU for pre-mature, sick and ventilator dependant infants, and is the fastest growing NICU in Tennessee. Women’s Hospital has a survival rate of 85 percent for premature babies born at 25-27 week gestation and a 95 percent survival rate for premature babies born at 28-30 week gestation.
The Women’s Hospital at Centennial is part of the TriStar Health System. TriStar is the most comprehensive healthcare network in middle Tennessee and southern Kentucky. TriStar serves over 63,500 admissions and over 256,000 emergency room visits per year system-wide, and is nationally recognized in the areas of cardiology, orthopaedics, oncology, neurology and women's health. In 2002, there were over 7,600 births, 950 cardiac surgeries, 6,700 cardiac catheterization procedures and 1,100 cancer research protocol patients throughout the network. With over 2,500 licensed beds and a network of 2,600 physicians in 37 specialties within the state, TriStar hospitals provide care for patients in both metropolitan and rural areas.
For more information about the services offered and health plans accepted by TriStar Health System, please call (615) 342-1919, (800) 242-5662 or visit our website at TriStarHealth.com.
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Centennial Medical Center is a 649-bed tertiary facility located in the heart of Nashville, TN and is recognized as one of the country’s 100 Top Hospitals in cardiovascular medicine, stroke service, orthopaedics, and breast cancer management.
Centennial Medical Center at Ashland City offers the Cheatham County community enhanced on-site healthcare options which include inpatient care for non-life threatening illnesses, outpatient surgery, a 24-hour emergency room, lab services and imaging services.
Parthenon Pavilion is the oldest and largest full-service 132-bed psychiatric facility in Middle Tennessee providing inpatient mental health services for adults and geriatric patients as well as community-based mental health programs.
The Sarah Cannon Cancer Center is a service-line offered through the TriStar Family of Hospitals that is designed to meet the needs of individuals undergoing cancer treatment, providing the most extensive drug, radiation and surgical services in the Southeast.
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