Helicopter emergency medical services outcomes research 1983 to 2022: evidence overview and longitudinal trends

JS Rudman, CL Fritz, SA Thomas, M McCartin, J Price… - Air Medical Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) literature has been assessed in
reviews focusing on various diagnoses, but there are few, if any, summaries of the entire …

Aeromedical Transport for Critically Ill Patients

C Parrino, SM Galvagno - Critical Care Clinics, 2024 - criticalcare.theclinics.com
For over 50 years, both rotary and fixed wing aircraft have been used to transport combat
casualties, scene trauma patients, and critically ill medical patients. Following the Korean …

[HTML][HTML] A Retrospective Geospatial Simulation Study of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services' Potential Time Benefit Over Ground Ambulance Transport in …

W Stassen, A Tsegai, L Kurland - Air Medical Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective One of the most important benefits of helicopter emergency medical services
(HEMS) is a time benefit, either through expedited access to the casualty or a reduction in …

A scenario based approach to optimizing cost-effectiveness of physician-staffed Helicopter Emergency Medical Services compared to ground-based Emergency …

A Ackermann, J Pappinen, J Nurmi, H Nordquist… - Scandinavian Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Objectives Since Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) is an expensive
resource in terms of unit price compared to ground-based Emergency Medical Service …

[PDF][PDF] Sobre la posibilidad y conveniencia de la atención prehospitalaria al ictus por unidades de soporte vital básico:¿ importa el tipo de ambulancia en el ictus …

JM Trejo-Gabriel-Galán, J González-Bernal - Emergencias, 2023 - revistaemergencias.org
162 abarca el estudio y la participación de varios hospitales, pero con la homogeneidad de
un mismo sistema de salud. Por el contrario, los que se trasladan en ambulancia …

Prehospital stroke diagnostics using three different simulation methods: A pragmatic pilot study

E Christensen, H Fagerheim Bugge… - European Stroke …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction: The optimal pathway for ultra-early diagnostics and treatment in patients with
acute stroke remains uncertain. The aim of this study was to investigate how three different …

Air medical transport for acute ischemic stroke patients: a retrospective cohort study of national trends over an 8-year period

A Urdaneta, C Fisk, MD Tandel, A Garcia… - Air Medical Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Optimal management of ischemic stroke is time dependent. An understanding of
patterns of air medical transport may identify disparities that could affect patient care …

Emergency Air Transport of Patients with Acute Chest Pain in the Adriatic Islands of Croatia: A Four-Year Analysis

A Zanic, V Kovacic, I Jukic - … journal of environmental research and public …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: An efficient first-aid system usually supports ground services with a helicopter
emergency medical service (HEMS). An HEMS is important for patients with acute chest pain …

Severity-Driven Trends in Mortality in a Large Regionalized Critical Care Transport Service

DD Salcido, CW Zikmund, LS Weiss, A Schoenling… - Air Medical Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective The epidemiology accompanying helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS)
transport has evolved as agencies have matured and become integrated into regionalized …

[HTML][HTML] The RACE Scale for Large Vessel Stroke Diversion to a Comprehensive Stroke Center by Helicopter Air Ambulance: A Retrospective Cohort Study

W Krebs, M Alexander, A Fujita, Q Copeland… - Air Medical Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective Acute ischemic stroke caused by large vessel occlusion (LVO) occurs frequently
and benefits from endovascular therapies available at comprehensive stroke centers …