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Air ambulance transport [PDF]

open access: yesCanadian 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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Methods and equipment available for prehospital treatment of accidental hypothermia: a survey of Norwegian prehospital services [PDF]

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Background 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
doaj   +2 more sources

Transferred Patients by Fars Province’s Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS); A 2-Years Cross-Sectional Study in Southern Iran [PDF]

open access: yesBulletin 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
doaj   +1 more source

Pre-hospital blood products and calcium replacement protocols in UK critical care services: A survey of current practice

open access: yesResuscitation 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
doaj   +1 more source

Consensus on research priorities for Essex & Herts Air Ambulance: a Delphi study

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2021
Background Consensus methods such as the Delphi technique have been used widely for research priority setting in health care. Within pre-hospital emergency medicine, such approaches have helped to establish national and international research priorities.
Sarah McLachlan, Hilary Bungay
doaj   +1 more source

Availability of facilities and equipment to provide emergency care in ambulances, which transport patients to the National Hospital of Sri Lanka

open access: yesJournal of the College of Community Physicians, 2019
Objective To describe available facilities and equipment in ambulances, to provide essential emergency care, which transport patients to the National Hospital of Sri Lanka Methods A descriptive cross-sectional hospital based study was carried out at the
Gangadevi Nandasena, Chrisantha Abeysena
doaj   +1 more source

Positioning of aerial ambulances to improve health care access: A framework using fuzzy DEMATEL and fuzzy ANP

open access: yes, 2023
Air ambulances are a crucial enabler of emergency health care because of their high speed, ability to reach impassable areas, relocate more patients, provide better treatment while carrying patients, and ease of access to the hospital without traffic or ...
Wood LC   +3 more
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Digital Twin Approach for Integrated Airspace Management With Applications to Advanced Air Mobility

open access: yesIEEE Open Journal of Vehicular Technology, 2023
In the very near future, Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) services including air taxis and air ambulances are moving closer to reality. The low-altitude airspace, especially in urban areas, is expected to be filled with thousands of uncrewed aircraft systems (
Kamesh Namuduri
doaj   +1 more source

Tabu search-based fleet scheduling of air ambulances for disaster response

open access: yesArray, 2020
Proper scheduling of air assets can be the difference between life and death for a patient. While poor scheduling can be incredibly problematic during hospital transfers, it can be potentially catastrophic in the case of a disaster.
Joseph Tassone, Salimur Choudhury
doaj   +1 more source

Preliminary Study on Emergency Aeromedical Transport of Elderly Patients from Offshore Islands in Taiwan

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gerontology, 2009
Background: Emergency aeromedical transport (EAMT) refers to the handling of patients in emergency using available air transport vehicle(s) for safe and rapid transport to hospital, while providing emergency medical and nursing care in transit. EAMT is a
Wai-Mau Choi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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