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Helicopter Evacuation of Trauma Victims in Los Angeles: Does it Improve Survival?

verfasst von: Peep Talving, Pedro G. R. Teixeira, Galinos Barmparas, Joseph DuBose, Kenji Inaba, Lydia Lam, Demetrios Demetriades

Erschienen in: World Journal of Surgery | Ausgabe 11/2009

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Abstract

Background

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the method of transport after injury and survival among trauma patients admitted to a Level 1 trauma facility in Los Angeles, California.

Methods

The trauma registry of LAC+USC Medical Center was reviewed to identify all injured patients evacuated by emergency medical service (EMS) from the injury scene from 1998 to 2007. The study population was divided into those who were airlifted (HEMS) and those who were transported by ground emergency medical service (GEMS) with transportation time that exceeded 30 minutes (GEMS > 30 minutes).

Results

During the 10-year study period, 1,836 patients were airlifted (helicopters for emergency medical service (HEMS)) and 1,537 patients were ground transported (GEMS > 30 minutes). HEMS patients suffered more frequently a penetrating injury (19% vs. 11%, p < 0.001), presented more often hypotensive to the emergency department (4% vs. 1%, p < 0.001), had more frequently a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) ≤ 8 (9% vs. 3%, p < 0.001) and required more often an intubation at the injury scene (1.6% vs. 0.4%, p < 0.001). However, the transportation time and the total prehospital time were significantly shorter for airlifted patients. After multivariable analysis, the difference in mortality between the two transport modalities was not significant (adjusted odds ratio (95% confidence interval, 0.72 (0.22, 2.35); p = 0.596).

Conclusions

In a metropolitan Los Angeles trauma system, EMS helicopter transportation of injured patients does not appear to improve overall adjusted survival after injury. There is however a potential benefit for severely injured subgroups of patients due to the shorter prehospital times.

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Titel: Helicopter Evacuation of Trauma Victims in Los Angeles: Does it Improve Survival?
verfasst von: Peep Talving
Pedro G. R. Teixeira
Galinos Barmparas
Joseph DuBose
Kenji Inaba
Lydia Lam
Demetrios Demetriades
Publikationsdatum: 01.11.2009
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Erschienen in: World Journal of Surgery / Ausgabe 11/2009
Print ISSN: 0364-2313
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-2323
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-009-0185-1

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