TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Dispatch of helicopter emergency medical services via advanced automatic collision notification
JO  - Journal of emergency medicine
A1  - Matsumoto, Hisashi
A1  - Mashiko, Kunihiro
A1  - Hara, Yoshiaki
A1  - Yagi, Takanori
A1  - Hayashida, Kazuyuki
A1  - Mashiko, Kazuki
A1  - Saito, Nobuyuki
A1  - Iida, Hiroaki
A1  - Motomura, Tomokazu
A1  - Yasumatsu, Hiroshi
A1  - Kameyama, Daisuke
A1  - Hirabayashi, Atsushi
A1  - Yokota, Hiroyuki
A1  - Ishikawa, Hirotoshi
A1  - Kunimatsu, Takaji
SP  - 437
EP  - 443
VL  - 50
IS  - 3
N2  - BACKGROUND: Advanced automatic collision notification (AACN) is a system for predicting occupant injury from collision information. If the helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) physician can be alerted by AACN, it may be possible to reduce the time to patient contact. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to validate the feasibility of early HEMS dispatch via AACN. <br><br>METHODS: A full-scale validation study was conducted. A car equipped with AACN was made to collide with a wall. Immediately after the collision, the HEMS was alerted directly by the operation center, which received the information from AACN. Elapsed times were recorded and compared with those inferred from the normal, real-world HEMS emergency request process. <br><br>RESULTS: AACN information was sent to the operation center only 7 s after the collision; the HEMS was dispatched after 3 min. The helicopter landed at the temporary helipad 18 min later. Finally, medical intervention was started 21 min after the collision. Without AACN, it was estimated that the HEMS would be requested 14 min after the collision by fire department personnel. The start of treatment was estimated to be at 32 min, which was 11 min later than that associated with the use of AACN. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The dispatch of the HEMS using the AACN can shorten the start time of treatment for patients in motor vehicle collisions. This study demonstrated that it is feasible to automatically alert and activate the HEMS via AACN.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0736-4679
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2015.11.001
ID  - ref1
ER  -