Retrospective review of injury severity interventions and outcomes among helicopter and nonhelicopter transport patients at a Level 1 urban trauma centre

摘要

BackgroundAir ambulance transport for injured patients is vitally important given increasing patient volumes, the limited number of trauma centres and inadequate subspecialty coverage in nontrauma hospitals. Air ambulance services have been shown to improve patient outcomes compared with ground transport in select circumstances. Our primary goal was to compare injuries, interventions and outcomes in patients transported by helicopter versus nonhelicopter transport.