RT Book, Section
A1 Stone, C. Keith
A1 Thomas, Stephen H.
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Cline, David M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1121501206
T1 Air Medical Transport
T2 Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071794763
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1121501206
RD 2024/04/23
AB Air  medical  transport  consists  of  helicopter  (or  rotor-wing)  and  airplane  (or  fixed-wing)  transport  and  is  an  important  component  of  EMS  systems  for  prehospital  care  and  interfacility  transport.  These  specialized  vehicles  offer  fast  speeds,  ranging  from  100  to  200  miles  per  hour  for  helicopters  to  >500  miles  per  hour  for  airplanes.  However,  planning  for  appropriate  vehicle  use  involves  many  other  logistic  factors  in  addition  to  speed.  Although  many  ill  and  injured  patients  can  be  transported  safely  by  ground,  air  medical  transport  provides  added  medical  assessment  and  care  capabilities  beyond  those  of  the  paramedic-staffed  ground  ambulance.  Guidelines  for  the  use  of  air  medical  transport  exist,  but  field  EMS  personnel  and  physicians  involved  in  transfer  decision  making  should  be  able  to  consider  situational  circumstances  to  determine  the  appropriate  transportation  mode.