Helicopter emergency medical services Effects, costs and benefits
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The costs and benefits of helicopter emergency ambulance services in England and Wales.
BACKGROUND Following the introduction of Helicopter Emergency Ambulance Services (HEAS) in the United Kingdom in the last ten years this paper examines the costs and benefits of three contrasting services in Cornwall, London and Sussex. METHODS Pre-hospital processes of care were compared between helicopter attended patients and land ambulance patients in all three studies, and health outcome...
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The use of helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) for the transportation and treatment of trauma patients, while commonplace in most developed nations, remains controversial. The purported beneficial effects of HEMS compared to ground emergency medical services is likely to be some combination of speed, crew expertise, and the fact that HEMS is part of an organized trauma system. When the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Traumatologie
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0929-8622
DOI: 10.1007/s12506-010-0010-3