Tiny Baby, Big Problem: Neonatal Transport Strategies for the Smallest Patients

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM CST

Location: 203

CE: 1.0 credit- CAPCE; Nursing; AMA PRA Category 1

Courtney K. McLean, MD, MS (she/her/hers)

Neonatal Transport Medical Director - Neonatologist
Children's Nebraska / University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Christina Corr, DNP (she/her/hers)

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Children’s Nebraska
Waverly, Nebraska

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Payton Conrad (she/her/hers)

RN
Children's Nebraska

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

In the United States, about 10.4% of all births are born premature. Ideally, preterm infants are transported before birth to a delivery hospital with appropriate NICU capabilities. However, premature babies can be born anywhere. The smaller the infant, the more complex and fragile the infant may be. The smallest of patients will require the smallest of equipment and specialized neonatal teams and incubators to stabilize and transport. In this session, we will review the risks, rates and outcomes of premature infants. This session will help educate why premature infants are at such high-risk during transport and what steps teams can take to be aware and prepared for the smallest of patients.

Learn skills, techniques and necessary supplies to help transport the smallest infants.

Learning Objectives:

Understand how extremely preterm infants are unique and at risk for complications and mortality
Identify additional steps to best stabilize, warm and ventilate these tiny patients for transport
Prepare your team to be ready to respond to the smallest patients and understand limits