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 5 Survival and mortality rates of patients transferred from another hospital by HAs to a single center diagnosed with a cardiac disease or a trauma-related injury upon ED arrival.
| Survival (n (%)) | Mortality (n (%)) | p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Districts in the same province | 55 (90.2) | 6 (9.8) | a |
| Other provinces | 4 (57.1) | 3 (42.9) | |
| Distance transferred by HAs (km) | 139.6±10.9 | 221.9±69.3 | 0.219b |
| Districts in the same province | 22 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | a |
| Other provinces | 3 (60.0) | 2 (40.0) | 0.451b |
| 184.8±46.5 | 411.0±282.0 | ||
| a Fisher exact test; b Mann-Whitney U test; n – number of cases; HAs – helicopter ambulances; km – kilometers. | |||