Epidemiology of Aeromedical Evacuation

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

504 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2010-02-28

Study Completion Date

2010-02-28

Brief Summary

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Increasing air travel has resulted in a significant increase in aeromedical evacuation over the past decade. However there is only a small amount of epidemiological data available on the diagnosis, costs and transport characteristics of aeromedical evacuation cases. In the present study Cases of aeromedical evacuation by a relief organization (Workers' Samaritan Federation Germany) were analyzed based on the following criteria: age, sex and diagnosis of the patient, ventilation mode, days of illness before transport, type of transport, flight routes, flying time, flight distance, type of aircraft, type and distance of connecting transport from the destination airport to the final hospital, total cost per repatriation, and costs per flight-minute of each transport type.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Apoplexy Femoral Neck Fracture Myocardial Infarction Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Polytrauma

Keywords

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Aeromedical Evacuation Repatriation

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* medical emergency and aeromedical evacuation / repatriation

Exclusion Criteria

* none

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Responsible Party

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Michael Sand

Dr.

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Dr. Michael Sand

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Dermatologic Surgery Unit, Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

PD Dr. Falk G. Bechara

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Dermatologic Surgery Unit, Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

Univ.- Prof. Dr. Peter Altmeyer

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

References

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Sand M, Bollenbach M, Sand D, Lotz H, Thrandorf C, Cirkel C, Altmeyer P, Bechara FG. Epidemiology of aeromedical evacuation: an analysis of 504 cases. J Travel Med. 2010 Nov-Dec;17(6):405-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00454.x.

Reference Type RESULT

PMID: 21050322 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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002

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id