title: [Helicopter emergency medical system in the Basel region].
abstract: Between 1986 and 1988, 999 patients were treated on the emergency scene, then transported with the rescue-helicopter in the Basle area. 687 were victims of a trauma (70.5%) and 287 patients were suffering from an acute internal medicine disease. We performed in-field therapy on the accident scene itself in 53.9% of all the cases. According to our scoring system the presence of a physician was absolutely necessary in 56% of all the cases. Air rescue by helicopter allows fast transportation of patients and immediate high quality intensive care. The low mortality rate during treatment before transport (2.6%) and during the transport itself (0.3%) shows that early beginning of medical treatment on the accident scene is connected to better survival chances.
authors.affiliation: Departement Chirurgie, Kantonsspital, Universität Basel.
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: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000401:Aircraft; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D013557:Switzerland / Q000453:epidemiology; D014187:Transportation of Patients; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*
vernacular_title: Hubschrauber-Notarzt-System in der Basler Region.