Patient age ranged from 0-99 years and 64% of the population were men. Of 13.391 dispatches registered in the study period we included 7133 (53%) primary missions with patient encounter: 4639 patients were air lifted to hospital, 174 patients were escorted to hospital by the HEMS physician in an ambulance, and in 2320 cases HEMS assisted the ground crew on scene but did not escort the patient to hospital. We included primary missions resulting in a patient encounter registered between October 1 st 2014 and April 30 th 2018. The study is a retrospective nationwide population-based study based on data gathered from the Danish HEMS database.
The aim of this study was to describe the patient population treated by the Danish HEMS in terms of demographics, pre-hospital diagnostics, severity of illness or injury, and the critical care interventions performed. Population-based studies on patient characteristics are fundamental when evaluating and optimising a system. Peter Jan Graaff was the Acting Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER).A national Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) was introduced in Denmark in 2014 to ensure the availability of physician-led critical care for all patients regardless of location.Īppropriate dispatch of HEMS is known to be complex, and resource utilisation is a highly relevant topic.
As of 1 August, oversight of the UN system’s Ebola emergency response is led by the World Health Organization (WHO), under the direct authority of the WHO Director-General. The Mission achieved its core objective of scaling up the response on the ground and establishing unity of purpose among responders in support of the nationally led efforts.