[Deployment and efficacy of ground versus helicopter emergency service for severely injured patients. Analysis of a nationwide Swiss trauma center]

Publikation

[Deployment and efficacy of ground versus helicopter emergency service for severely injured patients. Analysis of a nationwide Swiss trauma center]

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review - 01.03.2015

Günkel S, König M, Albrecht R, Brüesch M, Lefering R, Sprengel K, Werner C M L, Simmen H-P, Wanner G A

PubMed

25783692

DOI

10.1007/s00113-014-2567-6

Zitation

Günkel S, König M, Albrecht R, Brüesch M, Lefering R, Sprengel K, Werner C, Simmen H, Wanner G. [Deployment and efficacy of ground versus helicopter emergency service for severely injured patients. Analysis of a nationwide Swiss trauma center]. Unfallchirurg 2015; 118:233-9.

Art

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review (Deutsch)

Zeitschrift

Unfallchirurg 2015; 118

Veröffentlichungsdatum

01.03.2015

eISSN (Online)

1433-044X

Seiten

233-9

Kurzbeschreibung/Zielsetzung

The influence of the transport mode, i.e. Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) versus ground-based Emergency Medical Service (EMS) on the mortality of multiple trauma patients is still controversially discussed in the literature. In this study a total of 333 multiple trauma patients treated over a 1-year period in a level I trauma center in Switzerland were analyzed. Using the newly established revised injury severity classification (RISC) score there was a tendency towards a better outcome for patients transported by HEMS (standardized mortality ratio 1.06 for HEMS versus 1.29 for EMS). Overall a short preclinical time and the presence of an emergency physician (EP) were associated with a better outcome.