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Use of helicopter emergency medical services with a physician on board in severe pediatric trauma in Korea: a case report [PDF]

Journal of Trauma and Injury
In Korea, helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) with a physician on board were introduced in September 2011, funded by both central and regional governments.
Yoonsuk Lee, Gunwoo Kim, Pil Young Jung
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A scenario based approach to optimizing cost-effectiveness of physician-staffed Helicopter Emergency Medical Services compared to ground-based Emergency Medical Services in Finland [PDF]

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Objectives Since Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) is an expensive resource in terms of unit price compared to ground-based Emergency Medical Service (EMS), it is important to further investigate which methods would allow for the optimization ...
Axel Ackermann, Jukka Pappinen, Jouni Nurmi, Hilla Nordquist, Anssi Saviluoto, Santtu Mannila, Simo Mäkelä, Paulus Torkki   +7 more
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Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccination among Front-Line Health Care Workers: A Nationwide Survey of Emergency Medical Services Personnel from Germany

Vaccines, 2021
Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the COVID-19 vaccination acceptance of emergency medical services (EMS) personnel as front-line health care workers (HCW) in Germany.
André Nohl, Christian Afflerbach, Christian Lurz, Bastian Brune, Tobias Ohmann, Veronika Weichert, Sascha Zeiger, Marcel Dudda   +7 more
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Introduction of Telemedicine in a Prehospital Emergency Care Setting: A Pilot Study

International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications, 2023
Background. Advances in information and communication technology have led to telemedicine applications that could support paramedics in the prehospital field.
Christophe Jobé, Pierre-Nicolas Carron, Pierre Métrailler, Jean-Marc Bellagamba, Alexandre Briguet, Line Zurcher, Fabrice Dami   +6 more
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Stroke care in the air: a new horizon for helicopter emergency medical services [PDF]

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Maren Ranhoff Hov, Karianne Larsen
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Characteristics and Demographics of Patients Requiring Emergent Air Medical

Emergency Medicine International, 2022
Background. As integrated health systems become more common, interfacility patient transfers will increase and air transport programs will be prioritized.
Anna Van Tuyl, Mark Quilon, Trevor Dudley, Olivia Grant, Neha Rao, Paul Barbara, David S. Kugler, Kaitlin C. McLoone-Cepin, Josh Greenstein, Barry Hahn   +9 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, Fatemeh Rahmanian, Razieh Sadat Mousavi-Roknabadi, Faramarz Farahmand, Afsaneh Dehbozorgi, Hadid Hamrah, Mohamad Javad Moradian   +6 more
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The impact of a physician-staffed helicopter on outcome in patients admitted to a stroke unit: a prospective observational study [PDF]

, 2017
Patient characteristics, patients admitted to the stroke unit and diagnosed with stroke. GEMS: ground emergency medical services; HEMS: helicopter emergency medical services; IQR: interquartile range; AMI: acute myocardial infarction.
Freddy K. Lippert, Jacob Steinmetz, Jesper Gyllenborg, Kamilia S. Funder, Lars S. Rasmussen, Nicolai Lohse, Ole M. Hendriksen, Rasmus Hesselfeldt, Sandra Wulffeld, Volkert Siersma   +9 more
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Pre-hospital management protocols and perceived difficulty in diagnosing acute heart failure [PDF]

, 2020
Aim To illustrate the pre-hospital management arsenals and protocols in different EMS units, and to estimate the perceived difficulty of diagnosing suspected acute heart failure (AHF) compared with other common pre-hospital conditions.
Banaszewski, Marek, Bot, Emilie, Braun, Fracnois, Celutkiene, Jelena, Chouihed, Tahar, Christ, Michael, Claessens, Yann-Erick, Claret, Pierre-Geraud, Collins, Sean P., Cone, David C., Desmettre, Thibaut, Di Somma, Salvatore, Dunne, Robert B., Dupriez, Florence, Dyani, Mohammed, Escalada, Xavier, Ezekowitz, Justin, Freund, Yonathan, Goldstein, Patrick, Goodloe, Jeffrey M., Gregor, Roman, Guss, David, Hachimi Idrissi, Saïd, Han, Lim Swee, Harjola, Pia, Harjola, Veli-Pekka, Harrell, Andrew J., Hazlitt, Melissa, Hong, Rick, Hoppu, Sanna, Iirola, Timo, Knapp, Joshua M., Korgvee, Ago, Kruse, Nanna, Kuisma, Markku, Kurola, Jouni, Lainscak, Mitja, Laribi, Said, Leach, Robert, Lubin, Jeffrey S., Luk, Jeffrey H., Lund, Vesa, MacNeal, James, Makela, Pekka, Mansour, Cherif, Martikainen, Matti, Martin, Javier, Martin-Sanchez, Francisco J., McKinney, Jared, Mercer, Mary P., Metra, Marco, Meyer, Isabelle, Mimoz, Olivier, Miro, Oscar, Moeckel, Martin, Mols, Pierre, Montassier, Emmanuel, Penaloza, Andrea, Portela, Roberto C., Pruett, Kim, Pumputiene, Vanda, Rekosz, Jerzy, Reuter, Paul-Georges, Ricard-Hibon, Agnes, Rognas, Leif, Rosenberg, Paul, Sandberg, Marten, Swanson, Doug, Tarvasmaki, Tuukka, Tazarourte, Karim, Thys, Frederic, Torronen, Kari, Vannuffelen, Marc, Vermylen, Olivier, Weisberg, Stacy N., Weiss, Dale, Wilen, Susanna, Yee, Allen   +77 more
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Validity of helicopter emergency medical services dispatch criteria for traumatic injuries: A systematic review [PDF]

, 2009
Objective. This review provides an overview of the validity of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) dispatch criteria for severely injured patients. Methods. A systematic literature search was performed.
Lieshout, E.M.M. (Esther) van, Patka, P. (Peter), Ringburg, A.N. (Akkie), Ronde, G. (Gijs) de, Schipper, I.B. (Inger), Thomas, S. (Siep)   +5 more
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