J Korean Soc Transplant.
1999 Jun;13(1):149-154.
An Analysis of Use by EMS Helicopter at Organ Transplantation
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- 1Department of Emergency Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, Korea.
- 2Department of General Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, Korea.
- 3Department of Anesthegiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, Korea.
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.
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