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A Report Concerning Collaboration Between a Physician-staffed Helicopter (Doctor Helicopter) and Firefighting/Rescue Helicopter

2018; Elsevier BV; Volume: 37; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.amj.2018.07.001

1532-6497

Hiromichi Ohsaka, Youichi Yanagawa, Hiroki Nagasawa, Ikuto Takeuchi, Kei Jitsuiki, Shunsuke Madokoro, Akihiko Kondo, Kouhei Ishikawa, Kazuhiko Omori,

Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation

Objective In Japan, the main helicopters that transport patients are physician-staffed helicopters (known as doctor helicopters [DHs]) and firefighter/rescue helicopters (F/RHs). We report the collaboration between F/RHs and DHs in eastern Shizuoka Prefecture. Methods We retrospectively investigated all of the patients who were transported by F/RHs in Shizuoka Prefecture between January 2015 and April 2018. Results Nine cases were defined as subjects. Seven subjects had suffered trauma, 1 decompression illness, and 1 intrinsic disease. Seven of the 9 subjects were rescued from the bottom of a cliff or shore reef, and all 7 were transferred from an F/RH to a DH at the rendezvous zone near the rescue scene. One of the 9 subjects was a mass casualty event, and the remaining patient was rescued and directly transported to our hospital by an F/RH. All but 1 who was in cardiac arrest at the scene survived. Conclusion Because relatively few subjects were managed via collaboration between an F/RH and a DH in eastern Shizuoka Prefecture, further studies will be required to investigate whether or not such a collaboration is useful for improving the outcome of sick and wounded patients.