title: [Traumatology and emergency medicine: helicopter evacuation in the Basel area].
abstract: 999 patients were treated and evacuated by medical helicopter in the region of Basel between 1986 and 1988. 687 were trauma patients (70.5%) and among them 53.9% were directly treated on the accident scene. Mortality during the stabilization prior to transport (2.6%) and during transport (0.3%) was low. The presence of a physician in the helicopter allows fast and intensive in-field care. All life-saving procedures like endotracheal tubes (36.3%), closed intercostal drainage (7.4% of trauma patients) and cardiovascular reanimation (1.9), even hemostasis, or fixation of fractures are performed. Early in-field intensive care by medical helicopter decreases lethality and mortality and must be recommended by severe trauma.
authors.affiliation: Département de chirurgie, Hôpital cantonal universitaire, Bâle.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Demartines
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kiener
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scheidegger
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Harder
mesh_terms: D000401:Aircraft; D002423:Cause of Death; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D013557:Switzerland / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Traumatologie et médecine d'urgence: sauvetage héliporté dans la région bâloise.