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Patient and mission characteristics of helicopter emergency medical services in the Republic of Ireland: a retrospective analysis. [PDF]

Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med
Hennelly D, Masterson S, O'Donnell C, Jennings PA, McHugh S, Quinn R, Deasy C.   +6 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Direct Trauma Center Access by Helicopter Emergency Medical Services is Associated With Improved Survival After Severe Injury. [PDF]

Ann Surg, 2023
Objective: Evaluate the association of survival with helicopter transport directly to a trauma center compared with ground transport to a non-trauma center (NTC) and subsequent transfer.
Deeb AP, Teng CY, Peitzman AB, Billiar TR, Sperry JL, Lu L, Beiriger J, Brown JB, Brown JB.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

The first seven years of nationally organized helicopter emergency medical services in Finland – the data from quality registry [PDF]

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2020
Background Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) play an important role in prehospital care of the critically ill. Differences in funding, crew composition, dispatch criteria and mission profile make comparison between systems challenging. Several
Anssi Saviluoto, Johannes Björkman, Anna Olkinuora, Ilkka Virkkunen, Hetti Kirves, Piritta Setälä, Ilkka Pulkkinen, Päivi Laukkanen‐Nevala, Lasse Raatiniemi, Helena Jäntti, Timo Iirola, Jouni Nurmi   +11 more
openalex   +2 more sources

Characteristics of patients who received helicopter emergency medical services in Japan from 2012 to 2019: a retrospective analysis of data from Tochigi Prefecture. [PDF]

Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med, 2022
Background Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) has been in operation in Japan since 2001, allowing patients almost anywhere in the nation to receive on-scene emergency treatment from physicians.
Wake K, Noguchi T, Hishinuma H, Zaitsu M, Kikuchi J, Uchida M, Hayashi K, Machida M, Houzumi H, Hoshiyama E, Takahashi K, Kobashi G, Ono K.   +12 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Helicopter emergency medical services use of thoracic point of care ultrasound for pneumothorax: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med, 2021
Background Auscultating for breath sounds to assess for pneumothorax in the helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) settings can be extremely challenging.
Griffiths E.
europepmc   +2 more sources

A descriptive study of trauma patients transported by helicopter emergency medical services to a level one trauma centre. [PDF]

Afr J Emerg Med, 2022
African relevance • Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) remains an important option in Africa to address long distance transfers.• There is insufficient evidence to assess the impact of HEMS on outcomes in the setting of Trauma in a LMIC• Further
Pule MS, Hodkinson P, Hardcastle T.
europepmc   +2 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source