Retrospective analysis of characteristics and transfer times of helicopter interhospital transfer of stroke patients: balancing air and ground transport efficiency
Since many stroke patients required no interventions during transport, careful patient selection could help reserve specialized transfer resources for the most critical cases. While air transport provided a time advantage for patients in many cases, it was not always the fastest mode of transfer. Future design of emergency medical resources and dispatch strategies should be guided by the estimated time of patient arrival at the accepting hospitals.
Authors
- Florian Reifferscheid
- Andreas Bayer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7178-6395)
- Dominik J. Hoechter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4026-5137)
- Clemens Rieder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9355-7534)
- Stephan Prueckner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5128-7625)
- Jörg Braun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8133-7375)
- Suzette Heck
- Leopold Kies
Institutions
- Lufthansa (Germany) (DE)
- LMU Klinikum (DE)
- University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (DE)
- German Center for Lung Research (DE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
- University of Lübeck (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2025-11-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13049-025-01506-z
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.25