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 ABCDEFG* , Selahattin Gürü ABCDEFGDOI: 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. |