The first seven years of nationally organized helicopter emergency medical services in Finland - the data from quality registry.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) play an important role in prehospital care of the critically ill. Differences in funding, crew composition, dispatch criteria and mission profile make comparison between systems challenging. Several systems incorporate databases for quality control, performance evaluation and scientific purposes. FinnHEMS database was incorporated for such purposes following the national organization of HEMS in Finland 2012. The aims of this study are to describe information recorded in the database, data collection, and operational characteristics of Finnish HEMS during 2012-2018. METHODS:All dispatches of the six Finnish HEMS units recorded in the national database from 2012 to 2018 were included in this observational registry study. Five of the uni

SUBMITTER: Saviluoto A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7260827 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature