Table 2 Articles included in the literature review
Type of study | References | Location | Subject of study |
|---|---|---|---|
Systematic review | Laverty et al. [38] | Canada | Primary aeromedical retrieval crew composition |
Masterson et al. [46] | Various | Clinical crew competencies in helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) | |
von Vopelius-Feldt et al. [34] | England | Critical care paramedics: Where is the evidence? A systematic review | |
Scoping review | Muyambi et al. [61] | Various | Aeromedical retrieval services characteristics globally: a scoping review |
Mathew et al. [26] | Various | Optimising medical retrieval processes and outcomes in remote areas in high-income countries | |
Edwards et al. [54] | Australia | Scoping review of air ambulance outcome measures | |
Literature review | King et al. [62] | Australia | Primary aeromedical retrievals in Australia |
Observational | Bredmose et al. [49] | Various | An international comparison of independently developed training courses |
Parenmark and Walther [30] | Sweden | Risks associated with intensive care unit-to-unit capacity transfers | |
Tommila et al. [57] | Finland | Standardised data collection in prehospital critical care | |
Denton et al. [36] | England | Evaluation of advanced critical care practitioner-led inter-hospital transfers | |
Franklin et al. [25] | Australia | Aeromedical retrievals in Queensland Australia over five years | |
Jagtenberg et al. [31] | Norway | Norwegian Air Ambulance base locations | |
Lyons et al. [43] | Wales | Impact of a physician-led critical care on trauma survival in Wales | |
Garwood et al. [24] | Australia | Aeromedical retrievals in Western Australia over five years | |
Grier et al. [29] | England | Analysis of 1124 critical care transfers in an English critical care network | |
Maddock et al. [42] | Scotland | Physician-led HEMS in Scotland | |
Saviluoto et al. [56] | Finland | The first seven years of HEMS in Finland | |
Alstrup et al. [23] | Denmark | Characteristics of HEMS patients in Denmark over five years | |
Alstrup et al. [55] | Denmark | The Danish HEMS database | |
Hepple et al. [45] | Wales | Physician-led HEMS in Wales | |
Moors et al. [40] | Netherlands | Physician-led HEMS in Netherlands | |
Oud et al. [58] | Australia | Long-term effectiveness of the airway registry at Greater Sydney Area HEMS (GSA-HEMS) | |
Smith et al. [41] | England | Prehospital analyses of northern trauma outcome measures: PHANTOM | |
Kornhall et al. [63] | Sweden | HEMS in rural Sweden | |
Delorenzo et al. [22] | Australia | Fixed wing transports in Victoria Australia over five years | |
Haugland et al. [53] | Norway | Developing quality indicators for physician-led HEMS | |
Kennedy et al. [50] | Australia | Clinical governance and workforce models in prehospital and retrieval medicine | |
Funder et al. [64] | Denmark | Long-term follow-up of trauma patients before and after implementation of HEMS | |
Kennedy et al. [12] | Australia | Impact of integrated adult retrieval service on major trauma outcomes | |
Andrew et al. [21] | Australia | Characteristics of HEMS patients in Victoria Australia | |
von Vopelius-Feldt and Benger [34] | England | Who does what in prehospital critical care? | |
Hesselfeldt et al. [44] | Denmark | Impact of a physician-staffed helicopter on a regional trauma system | |
Margolus et al. [20] | Australia | Twelve years of experience with Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) | |
Corfield et al. [39] | Scotland | Rural EMRS in Scotland: The first year | |
Whitelaw et al. [65] | Scotland | Establishing a rural EMRS in Scotland | |
Grey | Rawlinson et al. [52] | Wales | EMRTS Cymru service evaluation |
Alberta Health [66] | Canada | HEMS services report | |
Ornge [51] | Canada | Quality improvement plan | |
Wiggin  [48] | Australasia | Learning from the paramedic-led critical care teams in Australasia | |
Jashapara [32] | England | An introduction to critical care paramedics in the United Kingdom | |
Jashapara [47] | England | Delivering enhanced pre-hospital critical care: a cost-effective approach | |
NHS Scotland [67] | Scotland | ScotSTAR strategic vision | |
Boyle et al. [68] | Scotland | Evaluation of the EMRS in Scotland |