"In flight catering": feeding critical care patients during aeromedical evacuation.
The benefits of early enteral nutrition are well recognised but may be incompatible with CCAST evacuation due to the risk of micro-aspiration predisposing to pneumonia. A study has been approved by the Surgeon Generals Research Strategy Group designed to quantify the risks of microaspiration during CCAST flights in order to inform DMA policy with regard to feeding critically ill casualties during flight.
Turner
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Critical Care Air Support Team, Royal Air Force. s.turner@leeds.ac.uk
Ruth
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Bruce
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D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D017732:Air Ambulances; D001359:Aviation; D003422:Critical Care; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D006801:Humans; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal; D008887:Military Medicine; D008889:Military Personnel; D009752:Nutritional Status; D018529:Nutritional Support; D014187:Transportation of Patients; D006113:United Kingdom