15 September 2023 : Clinical Research
Helicopter Ambulance Transport to the Emergency Department: Demographic and Clinical Factors Impacting Outcomes in a Turkish Medical Center
Habibe Selmin Özensoy
1ABCDEFG*, Selahattin Gürü 1ABCDEFG
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.941464
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e941464
Table 3 Medical concerns of patients diagnosed with an internal disease, transferred by HA to a single center from other hospitals.
| Disease | n (134) |
|---|---|
| Acute myocardial infarction/chest pain | 45 |
| Congestive heart failure | 8 |
| Complete atrioventricular block | 4 |
| Atrial fibrillation with high ventricular response | 2 |
| Bradycardia | 2 |
| Palpitation | 1 |
| Ventriculer tachycardia | 1 |
| Cardiac anomaly | 3 |
| Interrupted arcus aorta | 1 |
| Cardiac arrest | 1 |
| Cerebrovasculer disease | 19 |
| Encephalitis | 2 |
| Syncope | 2 |
| Unconsciousness | 1 |
| Hydrocephalus | 1 |
| Intracerebral hemorrhage | 1 |
| Pneumonia* | 17 |
| Alveolar hemorrhage | 2 |
| Empyema | 1 |
| Pulmonary thromboembolism | 1 |
| Supraglottic stenosis | 1 |
| GIS hemorrhage | 2 |
| Abdominal pain/pelvic pain | 2 |
| Ileus | 1 |
| Pancreatitis | 1 |
| Digoxin intoxication | 1 |
| Carbon monoxide intoxication | 1 |
| Suicides with another drug | 1 |
| Infectious diseases** | 3 |
| Urgent Need for Dialysis | 1 |
| Acute Kidney Failure | 1 |
| Paraphimosis | 1 |
| Hematological diseases (acute leukemia) | 2 |
| Metabolic disorder (hyponatremia) | 1 |
| * One of them had MODS (multi-organ failure); ** one of them was diagnosed as sepsis with urinary tract infection; n – number of cases; HA – helicopter ambulance; GIS – gastrointestinal system. | |