Roland Albrecht

TL;DR: An example of a standard operating procedure (SOP) for infection prevention measures in HEMS missions during the COVID-19 pandemic is provided and possible benefits of the use of small patient isolation units (PIU) are discussed.

TL;DR: This study shows that patients with trauma transported to a Level I trauma center are adequately triaged by REGA physicians reflected by a NACA score 4 or higher in 88.7% of patients and a median ISS of 13.9, however, recognition of injured body regions seems to be challenging in the prehospital setting.

TL;DR: The issues faced by air ambulance services in Europe as they transport potential COVID-19 patients are described to describe the problems faced by emergency medical services—particularly helicopter services—caring for suspected or confirmed COVID -19 patients.

TL;DR: Airway management using the C-MAC video laryngoscope with Macintosh blade in a group of operators with mixed experience showed high FPS and overall rates of intubation success and several issues for further improvements in the use of video lARYngoscope in the out-of-hospital setting and for quality control in airway management were identified.

TL;DR: If intubation before helicopter hoist operations (HHO) and human cargo sling (HCS) extraction is considered by the rescue team, a risk/benefit analysis should be performed and a clear standard operating procedure (SOP) should be defined.