| Abstrakt: |
One of the key points in patient care is pre-hospital medicine, therefore, every aspect of it becomes essential in order to avoid delays and offer better health care. In chile, since 2011, law 83 regulates the air transportation service for sick or injured people. There are two types of medical transportation based on the need and requirement of the patient. 1.- primary, that which is carried out from the place where the sick or injured person is, previously stabilized, to a hospital center. 2.- secondary, that which is carried out from the healthcare center where the patient is located to a healthcare center of greater complexity. However, in the southern part of the country, due to geographical, meteorological and access characteristics of the hospital system, it is challenging to correctly apply this classification since patients frequently have to be transferred without having been completely stabilized. In the chilean region of aysen, according to the last population census data, there are 107,334 inhabitants living in an area 108,494 km2, with a population density of 1.01 inhabitants per km2. The healthcare network is made up of 30 rural health facilities, 4 low-complexity hospitals and a regional hospital. In this environment, aeronautical medical transportation represents an important role. A patient who is in the town of villa o'higgins, 563.4 km south of the regional hospital, and who has a life-threatening condition, should in principle be treated in a rural facility where there is no relevant equipment or personnel, the patient does not meet the criteria for primary transportation, since the stability of the patient not yet been achieved, and must be transferred to a healthcare center to change the prognosis. Patient also does not meet the criteria for secondary transportation. In these circumstances, we propose the concept of secondary air rescue to include this type of patients. This mode of medical transportation enable patients to reach their destination quickly and efficiently, eliminating geographical barriers and more importantly, saving lives. Learning Objectives 1. The participant will be able to understand the evacuation by air of critical patients. 2. The audience will learn about the our proposal. A new concept of aeromedical evacuation from remote and difficult geographical zones. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
