[Evacuation of patients from the North Sea].
In 1986 and 1987 the department of orthopaedic surgery at the Central Hospital of Esbjerg dealt with 135 medical problems by radio-telephone contacts to persons at sea. Of these, 28% needed a chartered helicopter. This eguals one third of all chartered helicopter evacuations from Danish waters. 77% of the evacuations were from fishing boats and the rest from offshore structures or other kinds of ships. The mechanism of trauma and the diagnosis agreed with the findings in an earlier Danish publication.
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D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D000401:Aircraft; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006801:Humans; D009326:Naval Medicine; D009664:Norway; D014187:Transportation of Patients
Patientevakuering fra Nordsøen.