Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học quốc tế cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Medical emergency motorcycle – is it useful in a Scandinavian Emergency Medical Service? | Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine BioMed Central Original research Medical emergency motorcycle - is it useful in a Scandinavian Emergency Medical Service Anders Rostrup Nakstad 1 2 Bjorn Bjelland3 and Mârten Sandberg1 Address rrhe Air Ambulance department Oslo University Hospital - Ullevâl Oslo Norway 2Department of Anaesthesia Oslo University Hospital - Ullevâl Oslo Norway and 3Oslo and Akershus Ambulance Service Oslo University Hospital - Ullevâl Oslo Norway Email Anders Rostrup Nakstad - andersrn@ Bjorn Bjelland - Mârten Sandberg - Corresponding author Open Access Published 24 February 2009 Received 14 September 2008 Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine 2009 17 9 doi l 757-7241-17-9 Accepted 24 February 2009 This article is available from http content 17 1 9 2009 Nakstad et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Medical emergency motorcycles MEM can be used in time-critical conditions like cardiac arrest and multi-traumatized patients in an attempt to reduce the response time. Other potential benefits with MEM are more efficient patient evaluation reduction of unnecessary EMS car ambulance missions and reduced cost. The potential benefits have been evaluated in this study. The incidence of accidents when operating the vehicle was also of interest. Methods A prospective study was performed when MEM was introduced as a trial in an urban ambulance service in Norway. Results A total of 703 MEM missions were registered in the period. The mean emergency driving time was significantly shorter for the MEM than for the ambulance car located at
