ArticleCritical care (London, England)2013
Comparative effectiveness of helicopter emergency medical services compared to ground emergency medical services.
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14 citing papers in PubMed.
- Helicopter Emergency Medical Services attendance is associated with favourable survival outcomes in major trauma: derivation and internal validation of prediction models in a regional trauma system.Emergency medicine journal : EMJ · 2026Observational
- Characteristics of patients who received helicopter emergency medical services in Japan from 2012 to 2019: a retrospective analysis of data from Tochigi Prefecture.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2022Article
- Air Rescue for Pediatric Trauma in a Metropolitan Region of Brazil: Profiles, Outcomes, and Overtriage Rates.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Association of Pre-Hospital Helicopter Transport with Reduced Mortality in Traumatic Brain Injury in Japan: A Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of neurotrauma · 2022Article
- Association of helicopter transportation and improved mortality for patients with major trauma in the northern French Alps trauma system: an observational study based on the TRENAU registry.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2020Observational
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- External validation of the Air Medical Prehospital Triage score for identifying trauma patients likely to benefit from scene helicopter transport.The journal of trauma and acute care surgery · 2017Article
- Development and Validation of the Air Medical Prehospital Triage Score for Helicopter Transport of Trauma Patients.Annals of surgery · 2016Article
- Helicopters and injured kids: Improved survival with scene air medical transport in the pediatric trauma population.The journal of trauma and acute care surgery · 2016Article
- Helicopter transport improves survival following injury in the absence of a time-saving advantage.Surgery · 2016Article
- Short-term outcome and differences between rural and urban trauma patients treated by mobile intensive care units in Northern Finland: a retrospective analysis.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2015Observational
- Pretrauma center red blood cell transfusion is associated with reduced mortality and coagulopathy in severely injured patients with blunt trauma.Annals of surgery · 2015Article
- Association between helicopter with physician versus ground emergency medical services and survival of adults with major trauma in Japan.Critical care (London, England) · 2014Observational
- Determinants of helicopter benefit for the transport of severe trauma patients.Critical care (London, England) · 2013Article
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Abstract
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 HEMS literature is assessed as a whole, considerable heterogeneity of effects and study methodologies preclude an accurate estimate of composite effect. However, when the outcome of mortality is studied using advanced multivariable regression techniques to control for multiple known confounders, an improved odds of survival has been repeatedly demonstrated. Future HEMS research must rely on robust observational study designs and assessments of a variety of patient outcomes. Questions about the role of speed, distance, and other potentially beneficial elements of HEMS remain.
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