NEUROSURGICAL EMERGENCY
Online ISSN : 2434-0561
Print ISSN : 1342-6214
Doctor helicopter transportation is effective for the treatment of acute cerebral infarction
Kentaro HayashiYuki MatsunagaYukishige HayashiKiyoshi ShirakawaMitsuto Iwanaga
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2018 Volume 23 Issue 2 Pages 83-87

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  Nagasaki prefecture introduced helicopter transportation for the medical treatment of island patients. In 2006, doctor helicopter for the transportation of emergency treatment of rural residents was begun. In this study, we investigated the effect of doctor helicopter on the neurosurgical emergencies. We retrospectively reviewed the cases of patients who were transported by doctor helicopter from 2014 to 2016. Ambulance and doctor helicopter were employed for the transportation of 9440 and 207 patients, respectively. The Department of Neurosurgery treated 58 patients (18 ischemic stroke, 11 intracerebral hemorrhage, 5 subarachnoid hemorrhage, 16 head injury, 3 epilepsy and 5 other patients). Renacalization for the acute ischemic stroke was employed in 7 patients. Approximately 80% patients were brought to our hospital directly. Doctor helicopter was effective for the treatment of the acute ischemic stroke.

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© 2018 Japan Society of Neurosurgical Emergency

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