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May 11, 2024Resuscitation PlusOpen Access

Helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) response to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in the United States

Aditya C. Shekhar Michael Auten Ethan Abbott Michael McCartin Ira J. Blumen

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Abstract

Helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) are used in the United States and globally to respond to patients with critical illness and victims of traumatic injury. Relatively limited research has examined their role in responding to out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) in the United States. In this study, we compared OHCA treated by HEMS units with cardiac arrests treated by ground ambulances.

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Shekhar et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e6a9b8b6db64358762bfee https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100658

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