BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ANNOUNCES MATERNAL TRANSPORT TEAM
Baylor Scott & White Health has announced the system’s first Central Texas maternal transport team.
Maternal nurses staff the team, which also includes pilots, paramedics and EMTs who will facilitate transfers of high-risk obstetrics patients via air and ground transfers from hospitals throughout the region.
The maternal transport team began service May 17, transporting patients to and from facilities inside and outside of the Baylor Scott & White Health system.
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Mothers and babies who require a high level of care may be transferred to Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple, which recently became the first hospital in Central Texas designated at the highest level by the State of Texas for both maternity care and neonatal intensive care (NICU), earning Level IV designations for each.
Dr. Jessica Clay Ehrig, a maternal fetal medicine specialist says, “As maternal patients have increased complex medical conditions, they need a higher level of care.”
Ehrig adds, “With the addition of a maternal transport team, (they) can work directly with community providers to further elevate care in the region.”