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Helicopter air ambulance services
Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology, 2019Helicopter air ambulances are an integral component of modern trauma care, and are able to transport patients to facilities with greater capabilities, extract injured patients from hostile terrain, and speed transport to a trauma center.HAA transport does not reduce the total time required to transport a patient, but it does reduce the time that the ...
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Air Ambulances With Sky-High Charges
Health Affairs, 2019Charges for air ambulance services were 4.1-9.5 times higher than what Medicare paid for the same services in 2016. The median charge ratios (the charge divided by the Medicare rate) for the services increased by 46-61 percent in 2012-16. Air ambulance charges varied substantially across the US, and some of the largest providers had among the highest ...
Ge, Bai +3 more
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Air Ambulance Trauma Transport
The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 1996Provincial air ambulance transports of injured patients were quality reviewed prospectively to determine utilization and appropriateness of care.All trauma air ambulance transports over a 2-month span were reviewed prospectively. Revised Trauma Score, Injury Severity Score, probability of survival, prehospital time, distance of transport, procedures ...
M, van Wijngaarden +5 more
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An Analysis of an Air-Ambulance Program for Children
Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, 1999Air-ambulance services are extremely expensive to operate and maintain. The value of their existence has been questioned in this era of rationalization and downsizing. We examined the cost, safety, flight crew composition, types of trauma, and effectiveness of our air-ambulance program at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) over a 3-year ...
M, Letts +3 more
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The role of the anaesthesiologist in air ambulance medicine
Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology, 2017The care administered on air ambulances has become increasing complex. This has led to a discussion among experts as to whether air ambulance travel should be manned by physicians. This review provides evidence in support of anaesthesiologists being the physician-leaders in air ambulance medicine, because of their training in advanced airway management,
Stephen J M, Sollid, Marius, Rehn
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Revised criteria for air ambulance service
Emergency Nurse, 2001The NHS Executive North West has ordered an overhaul of guidance on air ambulance use following the death in 1999 of patient Julie Donaldson.
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A ‘hot air curtain’ for heating an ambulance
Resuscitation, 1974Abstract A simple ‘hot air curtain’ for minimizing the cooling of ambulances when the doors are opened is described.
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• Air ambulance service needs improving
Nursing Standard, 1989The air ambulance service needs far greater resources, Labour Member of Parliament, Tam Dalyell told Ministers last week.
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