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Helicopter Transport in Disaster Care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

C.J. Doyle ,
J.L. Bullen ,
R.E. Burney  and
J.R. Mackenzie
C.J. Doyle
Affiliation:
Emergency Services, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
J.L. Bullen
Affiliation:
Emergency Services, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
R.E. Burney
Affiliation:
Emergency Services, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
J.R. Mackenzie
Affiliation:
Emergency Services, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
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Extensive coastlines, varied weather conditions, scattered industrial centers and a large rural population create special problems with regard to the delivery of health care services in the Great Lakes area, which are further complicated by the discrepancies in the level and type of care available within the region. Hospital based helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) providing very specialized life support (VSLS) provides safe and rapid transport for patients needing a higher level of care than is available at the accident scene or local hospitals. This service assists local efforts to meet the medical needs of the population. Air transport systems are an integral part of an EMS system. Even though they are costly, they help avoid duplication of more expensive resources, such as hospitals and personnel.

Type
Selected papers from the 4th World Congress on Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Brighton, United Kingdom, June, 1985
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 2 , Issue 1-4: Contributions from the Second International Assembly on Emergency Medical Services-Focus on Disaster, Baltimore, Md., USA, 1986 and 4th World Congress on Emergency and Disaster Medicine Brighton, U.K. June, 1985 , 1986 , pp. 197 - 198
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1986

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