| Literature DB >> 33683378 |
Jürgen Knapp1,2, Philipp Venetz3,4, Urs Pietsch3,5,6.
Abstract
The survival of the severely injured is dependent on the rapid and efficient prehospital treatment. Despite all efforts over the last decades and despite an improved network of rescue helicopters, the time delay between the accident event and admission to the trauma room could not be reduced. A certain proportion of the severely injured need induction of anesthesia even before arrival in hospital (typically as rapid sequence induction, RSI). Due to the medical and technical progress in video laryngoscopy as well as in the means of air rescue used in German-speaking countries, under certain conditions the possibility to carry out induction of anesthesia and airway management in the cabin of the rescue helicopter, i.e. during the transportation, seems to be a possible option to reduce the prehospital time. The aspects dealt with in this article are elementary for a safe execution. A procedure that has been tried and trusted for some time is presented as an example; however, the in-cabin RSI should only be carried out by pretrained teams using a clear standard operating procedure.Entities:
Keywords: Airway management; Anesthesia; Emergency helicopters; Patient safety; Standard operating procedure
Mesh:
Year: 2021 PMID: 33683378 PMCID: PMC8263437 DOI: 10.1007/s00101-021-00933-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Anaesthesist ISSN: 0003-2417 Impact factor: 1.041

| Hubschraubertyp | Deckenhöhe im Bereich des Patientenkopfesa | Kabinenlänge im Bereich des Stretchersa | Kabinenvolumen |
|---|---|---|---|
| BK 117 | 129 | 250 | 4,87 |
| EC 135 bzw. H 135 | 125 | 260 | 4,80 |
| AW-109 SP | 90 | 215 | 4,05 |
| H 145 | 127 | 344 | 6,00 |
| Bell 429 | 120 | 310 | 5,78 |
| AW-169 FIPS | 127 | 277 | 6,28 |
aJe nach Innenausbau der Kabine können die Maße von den angegeben Daten abweichen. Die hier angegeben Daten entsprechen den Ausbauvarianten, die den Autoren zur Messung zur Verfügung standen

| Studie | Team | Hubschraubertyp | Erfolgsraten | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| „En route“ | „On scene“ | |||
| Mishark 1992 [ | Flight nurses | BK 117 | 79 % (57/72) | 94 % (63/64) |
| Harrison 1997 [ | 1 flight nurse, 1 paramedic | BK 117 | 94 % (113/120) | 98 % (118/120) |
| Slater 1998 [ | 2 flight nurses | BK 117 | 98 % (100/102) | 96 % (179/186) |
| Thomas 1999 [ | 1 flight nurse, 1 paramedic | BK 117, AS 365N2 Dauphin | 96 % (235/246) | 96 % (112/117) |
| McIntosh 2008 [ | 1 flight nurse, 1 paramedic | BK 117, Bell 206 (2,1 m3), Bell 407 (2,4 m3), Bell 430 (4,5 m3) | 89 % (57/64) | 95 % (595/627) |
| Maeyama 2020 [ | 2 HEMS physicians, 1 nurse | EC 135 | 98 % (189/192) | 97 % (179/184) |
aSimulator- oder „Manikin“-Studien wurden nicht berücksichtigt
HEMS „helicopter emergency medical system“