title: Navy En Route Care: A 3-Year Review of 428 Navy Air Evacuations.
abstract: Navy medical personnel have been recording en route care (ERC) missions through Search and Rescue (SAR) reports since the 1970's. Our objective was to report clinical ERC cases treated by Navy operational assets from January 2012 to January 2015.
  
  
  
  The Search and Rescue Model Manager office collects SAR reports for all patient transports involving Navy personnel and equipment. From these reports, descriptive statistics to include total number of patients transported, percentages of Advanced Life Support versus Basic Life Support transports, time of transport, and type of ERC provider for the transport were collected. Data reported as median (interquartile range) or percentages.
  
  
  
  During a 3-year period, 428 patients were transported. Transport time was 54 (30-78) minutes. Missions were staffed by more than one provider 22% of the time. Individual providers included 76% Search and Rescue Medical Technicians, 25% Flight Surgeons, and 21% Other. Patients required ALS transport 54% of the time. Less than half (48%) of the patients were trauma related.
  
  
  
  In our review of 428 SAR reports from Navy ERC (2012-2015), we found that 76% of the missions were performed by Search and Rescue Medical Technicians and 54% met Advanced Life Support transport criteria.
authors.affiliation: Military Emergency Medical System and Disaster Medicine Fellowship, San Antonio Military Medical Center, 3551 Roger Brooke Drive, Joint Base San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78253.
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Walrath
authors.affiliation: Air Force En Route Care Research Center, 59th Medical Wing, 3551 Roger Brooke Drive, Joint Base San Antonio, TX 78253.
authors.forename: Alejandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mora
authors.affiliation: The Geneva Foundation, 917 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma WA 98402.
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ganem
authors.affiliation: Military Emergency Medical System and Disaster Medicine Fellowship, San Antonio Military Medical Center, 3551 Roger Brooke Drive, Joint Base San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78253.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Harper
authors.affiliation: Military Emergency Medical System and Disaster Medicine Fellowship, San Antonio Military Medical Center, 3551 Roger Brooke Drive, Joint Base San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78253.
authors.forename: Elliot
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.affiliation: Military Emergency Medical System and Disaster Medicine Fellowship, San Antonio Military Medical Center, 3551 Roger Brooke Drive, Joint Base San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78253.
authors.forename: Chetan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kharod
authors.affiliation: Naval Medical Center San Diego, 34800 Bob Wilson Drive, San Diego, CA 92134.
authors.forename: Gerard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Demers
authors.affiliation: University of Colorado, Anshutz Medical Campus, Leprino Office Building, 12401 East 17th Avenue, Aurora CO 80045 and Colorado Air National Guard, 6848 South Revere Parkway, Centennial, CO 80112.
authors.forename: Vikhyat S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Bebarta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017732:Air Ambulances / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018635:Rescue Work / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014187:Transportation of Patients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000078329:Workforce; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*