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Activation Intervals for a Helicopter Emergency Medical Service in Japan [PDF]

Air Medical Journal, 2013
Prehospital time is crucial for treating acute disease; therefore, it is important to activate helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) promptly. We investigated the differences in the activation intervals (the time elapsed from receiving the emergency call to the time of HEMS request) under various conditions to evaluate the current status of HEMS-
Ono, Yuko, Satou, Mariko, Ikegami, Yukihiro, Shimada, Jiro, Hasegawa, Arifumi, Tsukada, Yasuhiko, Nemoto, Chiaki, Shinohara, Kazuaki, Tase, Choichiro   +8 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Prehospital Normoventilation in Critically Ill Anaesthetised Patients Cannot Be Reliably Monitored by Capnography—A Retrospective Observational Study

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, Volume 70, Issue 8, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Background End‐tidal carbon dioxide capnography (EtCO2) is widely used to guide intubated patients' ventilation. Current guidelines for prehospital advanced airway management assume a gradient of approximately 0.67 kPa between EtCO2 and arterial carbon dioxide partial pressure (PaCO2).
Jussi Tero, Jussi Pirneskoski, Harry Ljungqvist, Juri Laamanen, Jouni Nurmi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identifying patients transported by helicopter emergency medical services using the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-11: a scoping review

BMC Emergency Medicine
Background Helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) are an imperative life-saving strategy globally. This study aimed to identify patients transported by HEMS using the International Classification of Diseases 11th version (ICD-11).
Xuejun Hu, Wei Jiang, Shuo Liu, Dan Wu, Changchang Chen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Shies Protest: Blocking Moscow's Waste to Defend Northern Russia's Environment

Area, Volume 58, Issue 3, September 2026.
Short Abstract The Shies protest in Russia demonstrates how grassroots mobilisation can reshape extractivist projects by halting the construction of a massive landfill planned for Moscow's waste. From 2018 to 2020, local residents and environmental activists used blockades, protest camps and legal action to oppose ecological damage and governance ...
Perrine Poupin
wiley   +1 more source

The SEE-IT Trial: emergency medical services Streaming Enabled Evaluation In Trauma: a feasibility randomised controlled trial

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
Background Use of bystander video livestreaming from scene to Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is becoming increasingly common to aid decision making about the resources required.
Cath Taylor, Lucie Ollis, Richard M. Lyon, Julia Williams, Simon S. Skene, Kate Bennett, Matthew Glover, Scott Munro, Craig Mortimer, the SEE-IT Trial Group   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Helicopter emergency medical services for adults with major trauma

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2013
Although helicopters are presently an integral part of trauma systems in most developed nations, previous reviews and studies to date have raised questions about which groups of traumatically injured patients derive the greatest benefit.The purpose of this review is to determine if helicopter emergency medical services transport (HEMS) is associated ...
Galvagno, Samuel M, Sikorski, Robert, Hirshon, Jon M, Floccare, Douglas, Stephens, Christopher, Beecher, Deirdre, Thomas, Stephen   +6 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Epidemiology of Patients With Chronic Liver Disease Presenting to Emergency Departments in Australia

Emergency Medicine Australasia, Volume 38, Issue 4, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Objective To describe the epidemiology, healthcare utilisation and outcomes of patients presenting to emergency departments (EDs) with chronic liver disease (CLD) in Queensland, Australia. Methods This statewide data linkage study included adult patients with CLD‐related diagnoses across 104 Queensland Health EDs between 1 January 2016 and 31 ...
Akmez Latona, Katherine Stuart, Patricia Valery, Alan Ho, Biswadev Mitra   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) response to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in the United States

Resuscitation Plus
Introduction: Helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) are used in the United States and globally to respond to patients with critical illness and victims of traumatic injury.
Aditya C. Shekhar, Michael Auten, Ethan E. Abbott, Michael McCartin, Ira J. Blumen   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Live video footage from scene to aid helicopter emergency medical service dispatch: a feasibility study

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2019
Background Obtaining accurate information from a 112 caller is key to correct tasking of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS). Being able to view the incident scene via video from a mobile phone may assist HEMS dispatch by providing more accurate
E. ter Avest, E. Lambert, R. de Coverly, H. Tucker, J. Griggs, M. H. Wilson, A. Ghorbangholi, J. Williams, R. M. Lyon   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

“We Have Come to Offer Something Which (They) Were Not Even Looking for”: U.S. Christian Conservative Evangelical Faith Missions in the Ecuadorian Upper Amazon

The Journal of American Culture, EarlyView.
Diego Mauricio Cortés
wiley   +1 more source