Babies born in the pre-hospital setting attended by ambulance clinicians in the north east of England

摘要

The majority of births in the United Kingdom happen in hospital or at stand-alone midwife led centres, or with the support of midwives in a planned fashion outside of hospital. The unplanned birth of a baby in the pre-hospital setting is a rare event which may result in an ambulance being called, so attendance at a birth is a rare event for ambulance clinicians. A service evaluation was conducted to report which clinical observations were recorded on babies born in the pre-hospital setting who were attended by ambulance clinicians from the North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) over a one-year period.