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Ground Versus Air: Which Mode of Emergency Medical Service Transportation Is More Likely to Crash?
Hartmann, Krista; Lubin, Jeffrey; Boehmer, Sue; Amin, Sibgha; Flamm, Avram.
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  • Hartmann K; Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA.
  • Lubin J; Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA; Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA; Department of Emergency Medicine, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA.
  • Boehmer S; Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA.
  • Amin S; Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA.
  • Flamm A; Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA; Department of Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA; Department of Emergency Medicine, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA. Electronic address: aflamm1@pennstatehealth.psu.edu.
Air Med J ; 42(1): 28-35, 2023.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36710032
OBJECTIVE: We analyzed helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) and ground emergency medical services (GEMS) crash data in the United States during 1983 to 2020 to compare incidences of total, fatal, and injury crashes. METHODS: HEMS and GEMS total, fatal, and injury crashes during 1983 to 2020 and 1988 to 2020, respectively, were analyzed in this retrospective study. Data were obtained from the National Transportation Safety Board and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Additional data from the Federal Aviation Administration, the National Emergency Medical Services Information System, and prior literature were used for rate calculations. A Poisson regression model was used to determine rate ratios with 95% confidence intervals comparing total, fatal, and injury crash rates from 2016 to 2020. RESULTS: HEMS crash rates decreased since 1983. Total GEMS crashes have increased since 1988. Of the total crashes, 33% (HEMS) and 1% (GEMS) were fatal, and 20% (HEMS) and 31% (GEMS) resulted in injury. During 2016 to 2020, GEMS crash rates were 11.0 times higher than HEMS crash rates (95% confidence interval, 5.2-23.3; P < .0001). CONCLUSION: HEMS has a lower crash probability than GEMS. The availability of data is a limitation of this study. National GEMS transportation data could be useful in studying this topic further.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Resgate Aéreo / Serviços Médicos de Emergência Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Humans País/Região como assunto: America do norte Idioma: En Revista: Air Med J Assunto da revista: MEDICINA AEROESPACIAL / MEDICINA DE EMERGENCIA Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Estados Unidos
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Resgate Aéreo / Serviços Médicos de Emergência Tipo de estudo: Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Humans País/Região como assunto: America do norte Idioma: En Revista: Air Med J Assunto da revista: MEDICINA AEROESPACIAL / MEDICINA DE EMERGENCIA Ano de publicação: 2023 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Estados Unidos