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| Title |
Impact of emergency medical helicopter transport directly to a university hospital trauma center on mortality of severe blunt trauma patients until discharge
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| Published in |
Critical Care, September 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/cc11647 |
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| Authors |
Thibaut Desmettre, Jean-Michel Yeguiayan, Hervé Coadou, Claude Jacquot, Mathieu Raux, Benoit Vivien, Claude Martin, Claire Bonithon-Kopp, Marc Freysz, the French Intensive Care Recorded in Severe Trauma |
| Abstract |
ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION: The benefits of transporting severely injured patients by helicopter remain controversial. This study aimed to analyze the impact on mortality of helicopter compared to ground transport directly from the scene to a University hospital trauma center. METHODS: The French Intensive Care Research for Severe Trauma cohort study enrolled 2,703 patients with severe blunt trauma requiring admission to University hospital intensive care units within 72 hours. Pre-hospital and hospital clinical data, including the mode of transport, (helicopter (HMICU) versus ground (GMICU), both with medical teams), were recorded. The analysis was restricted to patients admitted directly from the scene to a University hospital trauma center. The main endpoint was mortality until ICU discharge. RESULTS: Of the 1,958 patients analyzed, 74% were transported by GMICU, 26% by HMICU. Median injury severity score (ISS) was 26 (interquartile range (IQR) 19 to 34) for HMICU patients and 25 (IQR 18 to 34) for GMICU patients. Compared to GMICU, HMICU patients had a higher median time frame before hospital admission and were more intensively treated in the pre-hospital phase. Crude mortality until hospital discharge was the same regardless of pre-hospital mode of transport. After adjustment for initial status, the risk of death was significantly lower (odds ratio (OR): 0.68, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.47 to 0.98, P = 0.035) for HMICU compared with GMICU. This result did not change after further adjustment for ISS and overall surgical procedures. CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests a beneficial impact of helicopter transport on mortality in severe blunt trauma. Whether this association could be due to better management in the pre-hospital phase needs to be more thoroughly assessed. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 11 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Norway | 2 | 18% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 18% |
| Australia | 2 | 18% |
| Spain | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 4 | 36% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 55% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 36% |
| Scientists | 1 | 9% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 76 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | 1% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Sweden | 1 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1% |
| Mexico | 1 | 1% |
| Romania | 1 | 1% |
| Japan | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 68 | 89% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 17 | 22% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 8% |
| Other | 6 | 8% |
| Other | 15 | 20% |
| Unknown | 11 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 49 | 64% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 5% |
| Psychology | 3 | 4% |
| Engineering | 2 | 3% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 3 | 4% |
| Unknown | 13 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 April 2013.
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#2,589,805
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Outputs from Critical Care
#2,246
of 6,554 outputs
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#17,902
of 191,369 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Critical Care
#11
of 106 outputs
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