Sorting ABCD issues pre-hospital
Prospectively collected data on 727 major trauma patients from a Portugese trauma centre registry enabled the comparison of mortality between […]
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Better TBI outcome with HEMS
A retrospective study from Italy compared outcomes of head injured patients cared for by a ground ambulance service (GROUND) with […]
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72000 retrievals by Flying Doctors
Over twelve years in Queensland the RFDS undertook over 72000 fixed wing retrievals, including over 4000 critically ill patients. Trauma […]
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Prehospital airway equipment on UK HEMS
Prehospital airway management on rescue helicopters in the United Kingdom 26 of 27 identified UK rescue helicopter bases responded to […]
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Physicians in pre-hospital care
This systematic review by Scandinavian authors examined controlled studies comparing physician with non-physician treatment in pre-hospital care. Fourteen of the […]
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Physician/paramedic vs paramedic HEMS
Two English HEMS services covering the same geographical area, one physican / paramedic crewed and one double paramedic crewed, were […]