The cost-effectiveness of physician staffed Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) transport to a major trauma centre in NSW, Australia

Injury ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 43 (11) ◽  
pp. 1843-1849 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colman Taylor ◽  
Stephen Jan ◽  
Kate Curtis ◽  
Alex Tzannes ◽  
Qiang Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Emergency Medical Service ◽  
Major Trauma ◽  
Medical Service ◽  
Helicopter Emergency Medical Service ◽  
Trauma Centre ◽  
Emergency Medical ◽  
Major Trauma Centre ◽  
The Cost

scholarly journals Crowbar impalement: the PHEM perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. e227293
Author(s):  
Saad Jawaid ◽  
Dan Cody
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Medical Service ◽  
Major Trauma ◽  
Medical Service ◽  
Iliac Fossa ◽  
Trauma Centre ◽  
Major Trauma Centre ◽  
Prehospital Emergency ◽  
Emergency Medical Service Team ◽  
The Right

A man in his 50s suffered an impalement on a crowbar after falling from the roof of a domestic shed. A helicopter-based prehospital emergency medical service team was called to assist in the patient’s care. The crowbar had entered from the left-upper quadrant and was tenting the skin of the right iliac fossa. Analgesia and prehospital sedation were provided to facilitate extrication. A series of improvisations were carried out to support the logistics of transferring the patient using an air ambulance to the regional major trauma centre with the crowbar in situ. The patient was taken to the operating theatre without any imaging and a section of perforated bowel was removed. He made a full recovery and was discharged home 9 days postincident.

Prehospital transfusion of red cell concentrates in a paramedic-staffed helicopter emergency medical service

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 236-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Heschl ◽  
Emily Andrew ◽  
Anthony de Wit ◽  
Stephen Bernard ◽  
Marcus Kennedy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Medical Service ◽  
Medical Service ◽  
Helicopter Emergency Medical Service ◽  
Red Cell ◽  
Emergency Medical
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