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Nontrauma helicopter emergency medical services transport: annotated review of selected outcomes-related literature.
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A compendium of available outcomes-related literature covering noninjured patients as well as papers assessing outcome in mixed trauma-nontrauma HEMS study groups is reviewed.About:
This article is published in Prehospital Emergency Care.The article was published on 2002-04-01. It has received 57 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Emergency medical services.read more
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Association Between Helicopter vs Ground Emergency Medical Services and Survival for Adults With Major Trauma
Samuel M. Galvagno,Elliott R. Haut,S. Nabeel Zafar,Michael G. Millin,David T. Efron,George Koenig,Susan Pardee Baker,Stephen M. Bowman,Peter J. Pronovost,Adil H. Haider +9 more
TL;DR: Among patients with major trauma admitted to level I or level II trauma centers, transport by helicopter compared with ground services was associated with improved survival to hospital discharge after controlling for multiple known confounders.
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A systematic review of the costs and benefits of helicopter emergency medical services.
Colman Taylor,Mark Stevenson,Mark Stevenson,Stephen Jan,Stephen Jan,Paul M. Middleton,Michael Fitzharris,Michael Fitzharris,John Myburgh,John Myburgh +9 more
TL;DR: A systematic review of economic evaluations of HEMS found HEMS to be cost-effective, despite generally being more expensive than ground transport, and future research that is tailored to account for local system factors is required.
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Beneficial effect of helicopter emergency medical services on survival of severely injured patients.
Sander P. G. Frankema,A.N. Ringburg,Ewout W. Steyerberg,M J R Edwards,Inger B. Schipper,A.B. van Vugt +5 more
TL;DR: In Rotterdam, the Netherlands, a helicopter‐transported medical team (HMT), staffed with a trauma physician, provides additional therapeutic options at the scene of injury.
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Cost-Effectiveness of Helicopter Versus Ground Emergency Medical Services for Trauma Scene Transport in the United States
M. Kit Delgado,Kristan Staudenmayer,N. Ewen Wang,David A. Spain,Sharada G. Weir,Douglas K Owens,Douglas K Owens,Jeremy D. Goldhaber-Fiebert +7 more
TL;DR: The minimum mortality reduction that helicopter emergency medical services (EMS) should provide relative to ground EMS for the scene transport of trauma victims to offset higher costs, inherent transport risks, and inevitable overtriage of patients with minor injury is determined.
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Is advanced life support better than basic life support in prehospital care? A systematic review
TL;DR: ALS seems to improve survival in patients with myocardial infarction and BLS seems to be the proper level of care for patients with penetrating injuries.
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Evaluating trauma care: the triss method. trauma score and the injury severity score
TL;DR: The TRISS method as mentioned in this paper is a standard approach for evaluating outcome of trauma care, which uses Anatomic, physiologic, and age characteristics to quantify probability of survival as related to severity of injury.