Air medical journal
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Air medical journal · Sep 2004
A retrospective analysis of the intubations performed during 5 years of helicopter emergency medical service in Amsterdam.
Different skilled personnel perform prehospital airway management, by far one of the most challenging skills with major consequences upon failure. ⋯ The rate of difficult intubation in this analysis is low (7%). The overall airway failure (11.6%) is the same as seen in the literature when sedation and relaxation are used. An adult trauma victim with a Revised Trauma Score of 0 has a very poor prognosis of survival.
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Emergency medical technician (EMT) or paramedic (EMTP) certification requirements for flight nurses (FNs) providing on-scene patient care vary. We surveyed those requirements and evaluated the relationships between flight team composition or program location and FN EMS certification. ⋯ Most flight programs do not require FN EMT/EMTP certification. Team configuration and geography are related to those requirements.
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Air medical journal · Sep 2004
Historical ArticleVoices of our past: flight nurse training in World War II.