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Air Medical Journal
OBJECTIVE Intoxicated patients are often encountered by emergency medical services (eg, in cases of recreational drug use, accidental ingestion, or inhalation of toxic substances or [attempted] suicide).
Christiaan H. Koster +3 more
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OBJECTIVE Intoxicated patients are often encountered by emergency medical services (eg, in cases of recreational drug use, accidental ingestion, or inhalation of toxic substances or [attempted] suicide).
Christiaan H. Koster +3 more
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Helicopter Emergency Medical Services Response to a Major Incident
Air Medical Journal, 2020Major incidents account for a vast number of consequences, whether it be individual morbidity and mortality or economic disruption and expense. Because of the infrequent nature, it poses a variety of unique risks and challenges for individual emergency medical services systems. Air ambulances are usually dispatched based on the clinical presentation of
Neville, Vlok, Johan, van der Berg
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Helicopter emergency medical services response to equestrian accidents
European Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2015Horse riding is a common leisure activity associated with a significant rate of injury. Helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) may be called to equestrian accidents. Accurate HEMS tasking is important to ensure appropriate use of this valuable medical resource.
Lyon, Richard M. +5 more
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Evaluation of the provision of helicopter emergency medical services in Europe
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2018Background Helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) are a useful means of reducing inequity of access to specialist emergency care. The aim of this study was to evaluate the variations in HEMS provision across Europe, in order to inform the further development of emergency care systems.
Angharad Jones +2 more
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Overcommitment: Management in Helicopter Emergency Medical Services in Norway
Air Medical Journal, 2019Overcommitment in demanding rescue situations may put both rescuers and patients in danger. This study aimed at identifying individual approaches and organizational strategies that counteract instances in which rescuers commit more than is feasible, desirable, expected, recommended, or compellingly necessary.
Albert Lunde, Geir Sverre Braut
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Hemorrhage Treatment Adjuncts in a Helicopter Emergency Medical Service
Air Medical Journal, 2019Hemorrhaging is the leading cause of preventable death after trauma. In our helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS), we introduced a bundle of 3 hemostatic adjuncts: 1) tourniquet, 2) hemostatic chitosan-based wound packings, and 3) tranexamic acid (TXA). The real-life frequency of applying these adjuncts in HEMS remains unclear.
Patrick Schober +3 more
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Helicopter emergency medical service in Canary Islands, Spain
European Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2000This is a report on our first 2 years' experience of operating a helicopter emergency medical service in the Canary Islands, Spain. The two advanced life-support helicopters are staffed full time by a physician and a nurse. For the transport protocol, inter-hospital transport patients (secondary missions) were classified into three groups: group A ...
Lubillo, S. +5 more
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Quality assurance in the Connecticut helicopter emergency medical service
Journal of Air Medical Transport, 1991Quality Assurance (QA) is a vital aspect of the Connecticut Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS). The program has three components: 1. scene flight audit, 2. random chart audit, and 3. biweekly patient care QA conferences. The scene flight audit identifies patients who, in retrospect, may not have required helicopter transportation.
S A, Stohler +3 more
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An Investigation of Pilot Fatigue in Helicopter Emergency Medical Services
Air Medical Journal, 2013Pilot error has caused the majority of helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) accidents in the United States for almost 2 decades. Pilot fatigue may have contributed to some of these accidents. This nonexperimental quantitative study investigated the relationships between fatigue reported by on-duty HEMS pilots (the criterion variable) and ...
Sam, Nix +2 more
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Helicopter emergency medical service
The Lancet, 1996Eirik Skogvoll, Tarjei Rygnestad
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