Air ambulance transfers and patient deterioration

Safety culture in the air ambulance services.

Professionals seek improved air ambulance safety record.

The association between air ambulance distribution and trauma mortality.

OBJECTIVE To determine whether increasing distance between helicopter ambulance airbase and either home residence or referring facility is associated with an increased risk of injury-related mortality. BACKGROUND A dramatic increase in the absolute number and utilization of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services transports has occurred in the management of the critically injured patients. HEMS...

Inter-facility patient transfers in ontario: do you know what your local ambulance is being used for?

BACKGROUND Little is known about inter-facility patient transfers in populations. In 2003, detailed information about inter-facility patient transfers began to be systematically collected in Ontario. METHODOLOGY The authors undertook a descriptive examination of inter-facility patient transfers using a newly created population-based information system. RESULTS Approximately 1,000 inter-faci...

A review of risk analysis and helicopter air ambulance accidents.

The Federal Aviation Administration announced a final rule in February 2014 that includes a requirement for helicopter air ambulance operators to institute preflight risk analysis programs. This qualitative study examined risk factors that were described in 22 preliminary, factual, and probable cause helicopter air ambulance accident and incident reports that were initiated by the National Tran...