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A Report Concerning Collaboration Between a Physician-staffed Helicopter (Doctor Helicopter) and Firefighting/Rescue
Hiromichi Ohsaka1, Youichi Yanagawa1, Hiroki Nagasawa1
1Department of Acute Critical Care Medicine, Juntendo University Shizuoka Hospital, Izunokuni City, Shizuoka, Japan.
Objective:
In Japan, the main helicopters that transport patients are physician-staffed helicopters (known as doctor helicopters [DHs]) and firefighter/rescue helicopters (F/RHs). We report the collaboration between F/RHs and DHs in eastern Shizuoka Prefecture.
Methods:
We retrospectively investigated all of the patients who were transported by F/RHs in Shizuoka Prefecture between January 2015 and April 2018.
Results:
Nine cases were defined as subjects. Seven subjects had suffered trauma, 1 decompression illness, and 1 intrinsic disease. Seven of the 9 subjects were rescued from the bottom of a cliff or shore reef, and all 7 were transferred from an F/RH to a DH at the rendezvous zone near the rescue scene. One of the 9 subjects was a mass casualty event, and the remaining patient was rescued and directly transported to our hospital by an F/RH. All but 1 who was in cardiac arrest at the scene survived.
Conclusion:
Because relatively few subjects were managed via collaboration between an F/RH and a DH in eastern Shizuoka Prefecture, further studies will be required to investigate whether or not such a collaboration is useful for improving the outcome of sick and wounded patients.
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