Drowning incidents treated by the Danish Royal Air Force’s Search and Rescue helicopters: a 10-year nationwide registry-based cohort study
The SAR helicopters rescue and treat a significant number of drowning patients every year. The overall prehospital survival rate was 55%, and significant prognostic factors associated with fatal drowning included male sex, increasing age, submersion injury, and a GCS score < 14 at SAR arrival.
Authors
- Niklas Breindahl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3016-3567)
- Anne-Sofie Lynnerup
- Jacob Steinmetz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9620-8911)
- Katharina Sunekær (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7338-9959)
- Monika Laugesen
- Signe Amalie Wolthers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6325-2449)
- Helle Collatz Christensen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3302-7149)
- Kasper Bitzer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1600-038X)
Institutions
- United States Army Medical Command (US)
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Aarhus University (DK)
- Region Zealand (DK)
- Copenhagen University Hospital (DK)
- Regionshospitalet Viborg (DK)
- IT University of Copenhagen (DK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2025-11-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13049-025-01494-0
- Primary Topic
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- TrygFonden
- Danish Foundation TrygFonden