Changings in the spectrum of air rescue missions [Ver?nderungen des Einsatzspektrums der Luftrettung]

摘要

By analyzing and comparing data from two five-year periods (19801984 and 20002004), using data from the rescue helicopter Christoph 22, we investigated if and how the spectrum and the number of missions have changed during the last 25 years. The total number of missions almost doubled (3300 to 6200 missions), resulting in an increase of 88%. The cause of the missions has clearly shifted towards primary missions. A clear shift from trauma patients to patients with medical emergencies was noticed comparing the two periods (19801984: internal medicine 15.6% vs. trauma 71.1%; 20002004: internal medicine 43.1% vs. trauma 42.2%). However, the absolute number of trauma patients has of course increased with the total number of missions flown. In absolute numbers the life-threatening NACA scores IV to VI have increased as well, even though a trend to lower scores could be observed in the comparison of the two periods. The fundamental change of the spectrum of missions has thorough consequences concerning the mission tactics, the equipment as well as the qualification of the medical crew members of the rescue helicopter Christoph 22.