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Vehicle Dynamics Endured by Patients during Emergency Evacuation—Ambulance versus Helicopter
Safety, 2022 In the event of a road accident, a quick intervention is crucial. The mobile emergency services take care of patients whose condition requires an emergency repatriation to a hospital, by land in an ambulance or by air in a helicopter.
Thierry Serre +2 more
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Microbial Air Quality and Bacterial Surface Contamination in Ambulances During Patient Services
Oman Medical Journal, 2015 Objectives: We sought to assess microbial air quality and bacterial surface contamination on medical instruments and the surrounding areas among 30 ambulance runs during service.
Pipat Luksamijarulkul +1 more
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Aviation, 2015 The purpose of this study was to explore how pilots potentially learn from their and others‘ experience through post-flight debriefing. Through a case study of pilots who fly air ambulances, this article attempts to illustrate the importance of learning ...
Vegard Nergard
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Factors affecting development of air ambulance base: A systematic review and thematic analysis
Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2021 Nowadays, air ambulances have been developed as part of advanced emergency medicine services with many countries employing these services for transferring patients in usual and emergency conditions.
Zahra Eskandari +4 more
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Use of 3G mobile phone links for teleconsultation between a moving ambulance and a hospital base station [PDF]
, 2006 The importance of this paper lays in its suggestion: minimise the time for the initial treatment of a patient. As soon as an ambulance receives a patient, a videoconferencing session can be initiated between the moving vehicle and a base station in a ...
Banitsas, KA +3 more
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The characteristics and clinical outcomes of trauma patients transferred by a physician-staffed helicopter emergency medical service in Korea: a retrospective study [PDF]
Journal of Trauma and InjuryPurpose Helicopter transport with medical teams has been proven to be effective, with improvements in patient survival rates. This study compared and analyzed the clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of trauma patients transported by doctor ...
Myung Jin Jang +3 more
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Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 2023 The quality of emergency services is one of the indicators describing the health status of countries. Moreover, the specialization of services and targeted response to any accident or disease has been the priority of pre-hospital emergency operations in ...
Habib Allah Babaei +3 more
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The impact of a new regional air ambulance service on a large general hospital [PDF]
, 2006 Background: Helicopter air ambulance crews are influenced in their selection of the destination hospital for their patients by several factors including: distance from the scene; facilities, on site specialties, and senior cover of the receiving hospital;
Bleetman, A., Currie, A., Jenkinson, E.
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Medycyna Pracy, 2014 Background: Due to the growing use of various types of industrial and agricultural machinery, occupational accidents are among the most serious ones and quite frequently result in the permanent posttraumatic disability of the injured person. In Poland, a
Robert Gałązkowski +6 more
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Locating helicopter ambulance bases in Iceland: efficient and fair solutions
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2023 Background Fixed-wing air ambulances play an important role in healthcare in rural Iceland. More frequent use of helicopter ambulances has been suggested to shorten response times and increase equity in access to advanced emergency care.
Björn Gunnarsson +3 more
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