Northern California Perinatal Transport System

The Northern and Southern California Perinatal Transport Systems were established by mandate of the State Legislature in 1976. The Northern California Perinatal Transport System is based at the Lucile Salter Packard Childrens Hospital at Stanford.

The NCPTS:

• Provides emergency access to the perinatal system for high-risk maternity patients and critically ill neonates.

• Assists in the referral and transport of high-risk maternity patients and critically ill neonates to appropriate CCS approved perinatal and neonatal care facilities.

• Maintains a bed-availability roster for neonatal intensive care facilities.Direct assistance for consultation/referral may be obtained by calling the NCPTS Dispatch Center, 650-723-7342. With the initiation of this web project, that information is now available on the internet

Other activities of the NCPTS include:

• Collection and analysis of perinatal and neonatal transport data for regional planning, outreach program development, and outcome analysis.This information is reported back to the participating hospitals, and the Division of Maternal and Child Health of the California Department of Health.

• Support of an integrated network of regional perinatal programs in Northern California. Opportunities for regional perinatal programs to share and solve their common problems are provided through meetings of its Advisory Committee.

The NCPTS staff includes:

• Director: Al Hackel, M.D.
  Professor of Anesthesia and Pediatrics at Stanford.

• Associate Director: Bob Roth, M.D.
  Director, Neonatal Nurseries, St. Lukes Medical Center San Francisco

Contact:

Address:	NCPTS c/o A. Hackel, M.D. Department of Anesthesia Stanford Medical Center Stanford, CA 94305
Telephone:	650-723--6307
Fax:	650-725-8544
Email:	Hackel@leland.stanford.edu