Newborn emergency transport based on the fifth-generation wireless networks and blockchain

Neonatal care is of great significance to health capabil-ity.Since neonatal intensive care units(NICUs)started to be established in the late 1980s in China,neonatal mortal-ity has decreased each year to reach 3.4 ‰in 2020[1,2].However,the improvement for neonatal care is still on the way.More than three-fifths of deaths included critically ill neonates occur in their first 28 days[3].Critically ill neo-nates usually have lower gestational age and body weight,leading to high mortality or requiring specific treatment and monitoring[4].It is a common practice to transfer a critically ill newborn patient to a tertiary children's hospi-tal with an excellent NICU.Therefore,it is crucial to pro-mote patients'safety by improving the neonatal transport network services[5].Owing to the complexity and rapid changes in neonatal conditions,especially for those requir-ing multi-disciplinary treatment,there is a high reliance on a specialized newborn transport team[6,7].