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Military Nursing in “Operation Return to Brazil”: aeromedical evacuation in the coronavirus pandemic [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2020
Objective: to describe the experience of military nursing in “Operation Return to Brazil” in an aeromedical evacuation. Method: this is an experience report of the nursing staff in the Aeromedical Evacuation of potentially-contaminated Brazilians who ...
Letícia Lima Borges, Clarissa Coelho Vieira Guimarães, Beatriz Gerbassi Costa Aguiar, Luiz Alberto de Freitas Felipe   +3 more
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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, Claire Naude, Marc Fournier   +2 more
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Learning from experience

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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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 Injury
Purpose 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, Woo Sung Choi, Jung Nam Lee, Won Bin Park   +3 more
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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, Zohreh Ghomian, Sanaz Sohrabizadeh, Ahmad Alibabaei, Hojjat Ahmadinejad   +4 more
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COVID-19: experiences of roadside logistics from a UK air ambulance service

, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is so widespread that any patient in the prehospital environment is considered a significant transmission risk. UK charity air ambulances are affected by challenges regarding air equipment decontamination, staff redeployment and ...
Mohrsen, Stian
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Rescue procedures in the major trauma of upper extremities – The role of the polish medical air rescue in the therapeutic process

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, Stanisław Paweł Świeżewski, Daniel Rabczenko, Arkadiusz Wejnarski, Dariusz Timler, Grzegorz Michalak, Ireneusz Kotela   +6 more
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A comparative study on specialized services in pre-hospital emergencies in Iran and selected countries

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, Masoud Ferdosi, Gholamraza Masoumi, Fatemeh Rezaei   +3 more
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Treatment, transport, and primary care involvement when helicopter emergency medical services are inaccessible: a retrospective study

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2018
Objective: To examine handling of cancelled helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) missions with a persisting medical indication. Design: Retrospective observational study.
Dag Ståle Nystøyl, Steinar Hunskaar, Hans Johan Breidablik, Øyvind Østerås, Erik Zakariassen   +4 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, Kristrún María Björnsdóttir, Sveinbjörn Dúason, Ármann Ingólfsson   +3 more
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