Introducing an on-site Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) physician at the Emergency Medical Communication Centre - implications for dispatch precision at a Norwegian HEMS base
We found no evidence of increased HEMS dispatch precision, measured by the proportion of missions without medical or logistical contributions, when transferring the medical decision regarding HEMS dispatch from the HEMS physician on-call to an on-site EMCC physician in this study.
Authors
- Oddvar Uleberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7913-5957)
- Andreas Asheim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7682-6958)
- Helge Haugland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5869-6675)
- Ole Erik Ulvin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8721-4217)
Institutions
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
- Stiftelsen Norsk Luftambulanse (NO)
- St Olav's University Hospital (NO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2025-05-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13049-025-01396-1
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.25