Anatolian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Yazarlar: Yusuf Can YURT, Celal KATI, Metin OCAK OCAK

Konular:Tıp

Anahtar Kelimeler:Helicopter Emergency Health Service,Helicopter Ambulance,REMS Skore,NACA Skore

Özet: Aim: Air ambulances are used to save patients and deliver first aid where it is hard or impossible to access by land under favorable weather conditions. Air ambulances are indispensable in modern health care services. Air ambulance services are invaluable in terms of being fast and reliable and providing early response to the patients in need as well as being costly. In this study, the aim is to demonstrate availability and efficiency of REMS score as well as NACA score that are frequently used in making a decision on using air ambulance services. Material and Methods: In this study, 77 patients that were dispatched to the emergency service of our hospital by air ambulance between January 2014 – December 2016 as a case or from other health centers were evaluated retrospectively. The data were statistically analysed after they were uploaded to the program SPSS (Statistical Package for The Social Scienses) 23.0. Results: While median NACA value is 6 in the exitus cases, it is 2 in the surviving cases; there is a statistically significant difference in the median NACA values between the two groups (p<0,001). While median REMS value is 17.5 in the exitus cases, it is 3 in the surviving cases; there is a statistically significant difference in the median REMS values between the two groups (p<0,001). Conclusion: Use of REMS score together with NACA score in evaluation of patients prior to helicopter ambulance service enables the health personnel to make more efficient and accurate decisions.

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