ArticleMedical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research2019
Polish Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) Response to Stroke: A Five-Year Retrospective Study.
Article in Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of teaching basic life support resuscitation using virtual reality - a randomized controlled trial.BMC medical education · 2025Trial
- Impact of helicopter emergency medical services base operating regime (24 h vs. 07:00-20:00) on mission volume and structure in Poland: a cross-sectional-longitudinal analysis with duty-time standardization (10 March-10 August 2025).BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Treatment of acute coronary syndrome by ground and helicopter ambulance services in Poland: a five-year retrospective study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Identifying patients transported by helicopter emergency medical services using the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-11: a scoping review.BMC emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Impact of the 2024 Resident Physician Work Stoppage on Acute Hemorrhagic Stroke Admissions: A Single Cerebrovascular-Specialty Hospital Study in South Korea.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Characteristics of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) Interventions for Burn Patients-A Four-Year Retrospective Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Article
- Effectiveness of Adult Chest Compressions during Resuscitation Performed by Children Aged 10-14 Years under Simulated Conditions.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Arrhythmias Occurring in Children during HEMS Intervention: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Emergency medicine international · 2023Article
- Article
- Healthcare Supply Chain Reliability: The Case of Medical Air Transport.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Quality of Health Services Provided by Emergency Medical Services and Emergency Departments in the Opinion of Patients: Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Polish Medical Air Rescue Interventions Concerning Pregnant Women in Poland: A 10-year Retrospective Analysis.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2021Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
BACKGROUND A stroke is a serious life-threatening emergency that requires immediate intervention in an appropriate therapeutic center. The aim of this study was to analyze the time of medical procedures at the scene and changes in the state of stroke patients during transport by HEMS in Poland. The presented research is the first nationwide study covering such a large group of stroke patients, for whom aerial support was used in the therapeutic process. MATERIAL AND METHODS A retrospective cross-sectional study of 48553 missions performed by Polish Medical Air Rescue (PMAR) during the 5-year study period resulted in 3906 stroke patients who, after medical rescue operations by HEMS crew, were transported by helicopters to hospitals. RESULTS Helicopters in 3475 (88.97%) cases were utilized as a support for Ground Emergency Medical Service (GEMS). The maximum duration of HEMS operation from activation to patient transfer to the hospital did not exceed 108 min and the median was 60 min. Over 87% of patients with HEMS reported stroke symptoms and arrived at the medical center with the possibility of implementing thrombolytic therapy. The factor that affected the deterioration of patients' condition was the drawing out of the extent of time spent by the crew at the scene. CONCLUSIONS The use of HEMS in Poland in the case of patients with stroke symptoms ensures fast and professional assistance at the site of the medical emergency as well as safe transport to specialized centers, shortening the time of proper treatment implementation.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.