Factors impacting on the activation and approach times of helicopter emergency medical services in four Alpine countries

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tomazin, Iztok ^a,b,c   Vegnuti, Miljana ^d   Ellerton, John ^c,e   Reisten, Oliver ^c,f   Sumann, Guenther ^c,g   Kersnik, Janko ^h,i  

^a Mountain Rescue Association of Slovenia   (Slovenia)

^b HEMS Slovenia   (Slovenia)

^c International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR Medcom)   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF RESPIRATORY AND ALLERGIC DISEASES   (Slovenia)

^e Medical Officer Mountain Rescue (England and Wales)   (United Kingdom)

^f Alpine Rescue Center   (Switzerland)

^g HEMS Christophorus 4 ^*  (Austria)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Activation and approach time; Air ambulances; Emergency helicopters; Emergency medical services; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INJURY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RESCUE WORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TIME TO TREATMENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AIR AMBULANCES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EUROPE; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESCUE WORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84865062107     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-20-56     Document Type: Article

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