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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-7-28
pubmed:abstractText
Since the end of the Vietnam conflict, the technology of moving patients by helicopter has been applied to peacetime uses. There is doubt, however, that the helicopter has much to offer the patient when used as a routine and semi-emergency ambulance. This study reviewed 52 consecutive aeromedical evacuation requests which included both civilian and military patients. By comparing the patient's condition at both pickup, delivery and his subsequent course, it was determined that most patients would not have been unduly harmed by the slower methods of ground transfer. Only 33% of the patients were benefitted by rapid aeromedical transfer. Those patients benefitted can roughly be grouped as true surgical and medical emergencies. The use of the helicopter for routine transfers is to be discouraged.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0095-6562
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
50
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
168-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
Evaluation of the helicopter in aeromedical transfers.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article