Validity and risk factor analysis for helicopter emergency medical services in Japan: a pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Some emergency departments use triage scales, such as the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale and Japan Urgent Stroke Triage Score, to detect life-threatening situations. However, these protocols have not been used for aeromedical services. Therefore, we investigated the factors predicting these life-threatening situations in aeromedical services as a pilot study for establishing the protocol.

Method

We retrospectively evaluated helicopter emergency medical service cases from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2020 at Gifu University Hospital using the mission records. We only evaluated cases dealing with suggested internal medicine issues. We excluded cases influenced by external factors such as trauma or cases that included hospital-to-hospital transportation, focusing only

SUBMITTER: Yamada N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8296691 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature