Ensuring equitable access for all Americans is what the air ambulance industry ensures as several rural hospitals have shut down over the past decade. We take a look.
Timely Air Ambulance transfer to such facilities while the patient(s) receives care from obstetrical/ neonatal specialists has been shown to be safe, cost-effective and beneficial.
The scarcity of cardiac intervention centers, particularly outside of urban areas, suggest a role, supported by studies to date, for HEMS in quickly transporting patients, even patients whose hearts have stopped and been restarted, from remote hospitals to these centers.
There is a window of time in which clotbusting treatment can result in patients suffering little to no long term damage and disability from these events.
