Helicopter emergency medical services in Eastern Iran: a 4-year cross-sectional study of time intervals and mission profiles [PDF]
BMC Emergency MedicineBackground Air medical transport services play a significant role in emergency situations by providing timely transfers of critically ill patients to medical facilities.
Mohammad Hossein Esmaeilzadeh +3 more
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Selection of helicopter bases and transport modes to minimize pre-hospital times in Iceland [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency MedicineBackground Models for the optimal location of ambulance bases typically focus on response time, but for some patients (e.g., trauma), the total pre-hospital time may matter more.
Phuong Nguyen +3 more
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Improving EMS access: Strategic helicopter infrastructure and 3D virtual training for enhanced ground-air ambulance coordination [PDF]
iScienceSummary: This study aimed to develop a methodology to strengthen coordination between ground ambulances and helicopter emergency medical services (EMS) for rapid patient transport.
Soyoung Jung, Xiao Qin, Sooyeon Lim
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Barriers to helicopter emergency medical services in a Haze-Prone, mountainous region of Northern Thailand [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency MedicineStudy objective To identify factors associated with the mission outcome (transport completed vs. not transported) of air medical transport (AMT), with particular attention to environmental and operational constraints such as haze-related air pollution ...
Krongkarn Sutham +6 more
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Mortality rates in physician staffed ground vs. air ambulance for severe trauma patients: retrospective analysis of the Japanese nationwide trauma registry [PDF]
Scientific ReportsWhile both physician-staffed ground ambulances (GA) and air ambulances (AA) can function as viable transportation options in severe trauma cases, no study has directly compared their efficacies. We aimed to compare the effects of physician-staffed GA and
Tomohiro Akutsu +8 more
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Methods and equipment available for prehospital treatment of accidental hypothermia: a survey of Norwegian prehospital services [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency MedicineBackground Accidental hypothermia is associated with increased morbidity and mortality and poses a significant challenge for both professional and volunteer rescue services in prehospital settings.
Tea Wick Barsten +3 more
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Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2021 In Ontario, air ambulances link remote First Nations communities to specialized hospital services, with 9.2 to 9.5 air transports per 100 on-reserve population annually, compared with 7.5 ground transports per 100 population for the whole province.[1][1] Transportation by air ambulance has ...
Sy, Eric, Ross, Terrance
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Location of trauma care resources with inter-facility patient transfers
Operations Research Perspectives, 2021 Traumatic injury is the third leading cause of death in the United States and is the leading cause of death among people aged 1–44. Regional trauma care systems can significantly reduce this mortality rate if resources are located and used appropriately.
Eric DuBois +2 more
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Transferred Patients by Fars Province’s Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS); A 2-Years Cross-Sectional Study in Southern Iran [PDF]
Bulletin of Emergency and Trauma, 2021 Objective: To investigate the patients transferred by helicopters, as well as an emergent medical services that were performed for them.Methods: In this retrospective cross-sectional study, all patients who were transferred by Fars province of Helicopter
Seyed Mahmoudreza Sajjadi +6 more
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Resuscitation Plus, 2022 Introduction: In the United Kingdom, prehospital blood products are increasingly carried for the early resuscitation of hypovolaemia in patients who are shocked or in cardiac arrest.
Caroline Leech, Eleri Clarke
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