The utility of flow-limited automated mechanical ventilation during airborne hoist rescue missions.

摘要

Prehospital rescue operations are often challenging events demanding highly trained professional personnel and proper equipment [1]. These events may be complicated by the setting of geographically inaccessible areas that demand airborne hoist rescue, in particular for patients requiring continuous mechanical ventilation. The only operational aeromedical program in Israel compatible with hoist rescue missions is the Air Force Rescue and Aeromedical Evacuation Unit (RAEU). Each RAEU team consists of a flight surgeon and a flight paramedic joined by 3 rescue operators. When a hoist rescue is initiated, the flight physician and 2 rescue operators descend to the patient and complete urgent treatment and proper affixation to a rescue stretcher and to the winch.