Air Medical Transport

Question 1

There is one group of trauma patients—those in __________________________for whom air medical scene response has shown a very low rate of resuscitation and essentially zero survival.

Answer 1

traumatic cardiac arrest

Question 2

In most helicopter EMS programs, the largest single nontrauma diagnostic category is __________

Answer 2

cardiac

Question 3

Some logistic prompts for helicopter consideration include (3)

Answer 3

(1) lengthy transport time for ground ambulances to reach the tertiary center

(2) ground vehicle transport time to the local hospital exceeds the time required for helicopter transport to the tertiary center

(3) for entrapped trauma patients, extrication time is expected to exceed 20 minutes.

Question 4

Air Transport Indications for Scene Trauma

Answer 4

Question 5

Air Transport Indications for Nontrauma Conditions

Answer 5

Question 6

True or false

fixed-wing flights generally take longer to arrange and are uncommonly used for truly emergent patients

Answer 6

True

Because airplanes land only at airports, they cannot respond to the scene, and fixed-wing transports need ground ambulance connections at both ends of the flight to transport the patient between the hospital and airport.

Question 7

True or false

On a per-mile basis, fixed-wing transports are less expensive than helicopter EMS transports.

Answer 7

True