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Modelling optimal location for pre-hospital helicopter emergency medical services

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2009
Background Increasing the range and scope of early activation/auto launch helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) may alleviate unnecessary injury mortality that disproportionately affects rural populations.
L'Heureux Randy, Bell Nathaniel J, Schuurman Nadine, Hameed Syed M   +3 more
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The Danish prehospital emergency healthcare system and research possibilities

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2019
The emergency medical healthcare system outside hospital varies greatly across the globe - even within the western world. Within the last ten years, the demand for emergency medical service systems has increased, and the Danish emergency medical service ...
Tim Alex Lindskou, Søren Mikkelsen, Erika Frischknecht Christensen, Poul Anders Hansen, Gitte Jørgensen, Ole Mazur Hendriksen, Hans Kirkegaard, Peter Anthony Berlac, Morten Breinholt Søvsø   +8 more
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Visualized analysis of research on helicopter emergency medical service

Medicine, 2022
Background: Numerous studies have confirmed that helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) play a positive role in prehospital care. However, few studies have used rigorous bibliometric tools to analyze the knowledge structure and distribution of HEMS research.
Cheng Peng, Pan Su
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Association of helicopter transportation and improved mortality for patients with major trauma in the northern French Alps trauma system: an observational study based on the TRENAU registry

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2020
Background Prompt prehospital triage and transportation are essential in an organised trauma system. The benefits of helicopter transportation on mortality in a physician-staffed pre-hospital trauma system remains unknown.
Francois-Xavier Ageron, Guillaume Debaty, Dominique Savary, Frederic Champly, Francois Albasini, Pascal Usseglio, Cécile Vallot, Samuel Galvagno, Pierre Bouzat, for the TRENAU Group   +9 more
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Intubation first-pass success in a high performing pre-hospital critical care system is not associated with 30-day mortality: a registry study of 4496 intubation attempts

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2022
Background Lower intubation first-pass success (FPS) rate is associated with physiological deterioration, and FPS is widely used as a quality indicator of the airway management of a critically ill patient. However, data on FPS’s association with survival
Harry Ljungqvist, Jussi Pirneskoski, Anssi Saviluoto, Piritta Setälä, Miretta Tommila, Jouni Nurmi   +5 more
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Comparative effectiveness of helicopter emergency medical services compared to ground emergency medical services [PDF]

Critical Care, 2013
The use of helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) for the transportation and treatment of trauma patients, while commonplace in most developed nations, remains controversial. The purported beneficial effects of HEMS compared to ground emergency medical services is likely to be some combination of speed, crew expertise, and the fact that HEMS is ...
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5G Key Technologies for Helicopter Aviation Medical Rescue

Journal of Medical Internet Research
Rapid global population growth and urbanization have heightened the demand for emergency medical rescue, with helicopter medical rescue emerging as an effective solution.
Wei Han Sr, Yuanting Li 2nd, Changgen Chen 3rd, Danni Huang, Junchao Wang, Xiang Li, Zhongliang Ji, Qin Li, Zhuang Li   +8 more
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Cannabis Agritourism and Local Pathways Toward Sustainable Development Goals in Northern California

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent acceleration in global cannabis legalization offers a new context for examining the multiscale links between agritourism, sustainability, and international policy frameworks. In this study, Responsible Tourism is used to conceptualize cannabis agritourism in Northern California's Emerald Triangle as a strategy that may advance targets ...
Susan Dupej, Hwansuk Chris Choi, Jingen Liang   +2 more
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Impact of transport modality on time to endovascular thrombectomy

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Background and purpose Endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) is a time-critical treatment for acute ischemic stroke; however, timely access to comprehensive stroke centers (CSCs) is often limited by distance.
Knut Taxbro, Avan Sabir Rashid, Gabriel Skallsjö, Per Arnell, Karl Chevalley, Alexandros Rentzos, Rianne Goselink   +6 more
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Value in the ‘valley of the shadow of death’—When the user is no longer the value arbiter

Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract The Public Service Logic (PSL) user‐centric perspective on value creation has been one of its main critiques. Scholars argue that for some real‐world applications, such as emergency services, where users cannot engage with service offerings, the PSL must consider the roles of other service actors beyond just facilitators.
Higor Leite, Stephen Osborne
wiley   +1 more source