Mortality rates in physician staffed ground vs. air ambulance for severe trauma patients: retrospective analysis of the Japanese nationwide trauma registry.

ABSTRACT: While both physician-staffed ground ambulances (GA) and air ambulances (AA) can function as viable transportation options in severe trauma cases, no study has directly compared their efficacies. We aimed to compare the effects of physician-staffed GA and AA on the outcomes of patients with trauma. This retrospective cohort study used records from the Japan Trauma Data Bank collected between April 2004 and December 2021. Data from patients aged ≥ 15 years with an Injury Severity Score > 15, who were directly transferred from the injury scenes, were analyzed. Patients were categorized into two groups based on the transportation method: physician-staffed GA and AA. The primary outcome measure (in-hospital mortality) and secondary outcomes (time to emergency department arrival, time to physici

SUBMITTER: Akutsu T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11842719 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature