An Analysis of Use by EMS Helicopter at Organ Transplantation.
- Author:
Hyoung Gon SONG
1
;
Keunjeong SONG
;
Yeon Kwon JEONG
;
Sung Joo KIM
;
Jae Won JOH
;
Suk Koo LEE
;
Baekhyo SHIN
Author Information
1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
EMS helicopter;
Organ transplantation
- MeSH:
Aircraft*;
Brain Death;
Cornea;
Electrocardiography;
Heart;
Heart Arrest;
Heart Valves;
Humans;
Kidney;
Liver;
Organ Transplantation*;
Oxygen;
Prospective Studies;
Tissue Donors;
Transplants*;
Transportation;
Ventilators, Mechanical
- From:The Journal of the Korean Society for Transplantation
1999;13(1):149-154
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
From Feb. 1. 1997 to Mar. 1. 1999, Samsung Medical Center EMS Helicopter was used for air evacuation of the organ donors and the transportation of havested organs. These data were analyzed prospectively. A total of 29 times flight was confirmed. 12 flights were for the transportation of the harvested organs and the transported organs were the liver (4), the heart valve (2), the heart (1), the kidney (1), the cornea (1). The mean flight time was 59.5 minutes. There were 17 cases organ donors. The mean flight time was 66.9 minutes and the mean age was 18.2 years. The most common cause of the brain death was the trauma resulting in MVA (58.8%). For the transportation of the donors, portable ventilator, EKG mornitor, non-invasive BP monitor, non-invasive oxygen saturation monitor were utilized. There was only one cardiac arrest during the transportation.
