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[Air ambulance services in Norway]

P A Steen1, T Heggestad

  • 1Anestesiavdelingen, Ullevål sykehus, Oslo.

Nordisk Medicin
|January 1, 1994
PubMed
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Norway

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Area of Science:

  • Aeromedical services
  • Emergency medicine
  • Healthcare logistics

Background:

  • Norway operates a network of aeromedical bases, including helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft services.
  • These services are crucial for emergency medical response across the country.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the utilization and impact of Norway's aeromedical services.
  • To understand the role of these services in addressing geographical disparities in emergency care.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of mission data for helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft transport in 1992.
  • Inclusion of data on ground transport utilized by aeromedical teams.
  • Correlation of service utilization with geographic factors.

Main Results:

  • In 1992, helicopter missions increased by 20% and fixed-wing patient transports by 30% compared to 1988.
  • Aeromedical services catered to 4,197 helicopter missions and 4,078 fixed-wing patient transports.
  • Ground transport served an additional 1,699 patients near aeromedical bases.

Conclusions:

  • Aeromedical service utilization is linked to geographic availability.
  • These services effectively compensate for uneven distribution of advanced emergency medical resources in Norway.

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