Counts, Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Transported by the Royal Flying Doctor Service to Metropolitan Perth With Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome: Western Australian Linked Data Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Determine counts, characteristics and outcomes following transport by the Royal Flying Doctor Service Western Operations (RFDSWO) to Perth.

Study design

Retrospective cohort study of the RFDSWO aeromedical patient dataset linked to administrative datasets.

Participants

Suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients aged ≥ 25 years transported from rural Western Australia to Perth between 2001 and 2017.

Main outcome measures

Basic counts and proportions. Poisson regression was used to determine absolute change in number of transports and relative risk (RR) of receiving diagnostic coronary angiography; logistic regression to model odds ratio (OR) of death between transport and end of hospital care.

Results

RFDSWO carried out 11 390 transports

SUBMITTER: Ming J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12455902 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature