• The Littlewoods Organisation plc and Freemans plc, November 1997; • National Express Group plc and Central Trains Limited, December 1997, (background reading: National Express Group plc and ScotRail Railways Limited, December 1997); • British Sky Broadcasting Group plc and Manchester United PLC, April 1999; and • CHC Helicopter Corporation and Helicopter Services Group ASA, January 2000 (back...

We present two cases from the Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) in Denmark, in which prehospital physicians trained in cardiac ultrasound (FATE) disclosed significant pathology that induced a radical change for the critical patient's course.

OBJECTIVE To investigate the association of helicopter transport with survival of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI), in comparison with ground emergency medical services (EMS). BACKGROUND Helicopter utilization and its effect on the outcomes of TBI remain controversial. METHODS We performed a retrospective cohort study involving patients with TBI who were registered in the National...

STUDY OBJECTIVE We determine 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. METHODS We developed a decision-analytic model to compare the costs and outcomes of helicopter ver...