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abstract: The best treatment for victims of severe burns is provided in highly specialised burn centres. Due to the paucity of these centres, long distance aeromedical evacuation is often required. However, published data regarding such transfers are scarce. In this review, in order to help optimize patient management when air transportation is decided or even only considered, we propose simple principles derived from this limited literature and backed by the practical experience of the French military. We first describe how specific flight conditions may impact transportation of severe burn patients aboard aircraft. We then focus on the planning and organisation of these transfers discussing the risks associated with air transportation of such patients and their implications on indication, timing and modality of transport. Finally, provide an end-to-end view of the process from pre-flight equipment preparation, pre-boarding patient assessment and conditioning, to in-flight care.
authors.affiliation: Centre de traitement des brûlés, HIA Percy, Clamart, France.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Leclerc
authors.affiliation: Centre de traitement des brûlés, HIA Percy, Clamart, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.affiliation: Service d'anesthésie-réanimation, HIA Val de Grâce, Paris, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Forsans
authors.affiliation: Centre de traitement des brûlés, HIA Percy, Clamart, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cirodde
authors.affiliation: Service d'anesthésie-réanimation, HIA Percy, Clamart, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boutonnet
authors.affiliation: Service d'anesthésie-réanimation, HIA Percy, Clamart, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jault
authors.affiliation: Service médical d'urgence - Brigade des Sapeurs Pompiers de Paris, Paris, France.
authors.forename: J-P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Tourtier
authors.affiliation: Centre de traitement des brûlés, HIA Percy, Clamart, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bargues
authors.affiliation: Centre de traitement des brûlés, HIA Percy, Clamart, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Donat