The usefulness of physician-staffed helicopters for managing severe abdominal trauma patients

The usefulness of physician-staffed helicopters for managing severe abdominal trauma patients

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Introduction: We retrospectively investigated prognostic factors for severe abdominal trauma patients evacuated by a physician-staffed helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) and ground ambulance using the Japan Trauma Data Bank (JTDB).Methods: The study period was from January 2004 to May 2019.The subjects were divided into two groups, according to the type of outcome: the Mortality group, orange zinger tomato which included patients who ultimately died, and the Survival group, which included patients who obtained a survival outcome.Results: There were 2457 in the Mortality group and 11,326 in the Survival group.

When variables that showed statistical significance in the univariate analysis were included in a multivariate analysis, the following variables were identified as significant positive predictors of a fatal outcome: evacuation from the scene, blunt injury, injury severity score, and stickers logos dallas cowboys age; significant negative predictors of a fatal outcome were transportation by the HEMS and revised trauma score.Conclusions: The present study described the usefulness of the HEMS for severe abdominal trauma patients in comparison with ground ambulance transportation using the JTDB.