Helicopter Emergency Medical Service in the Republic of Croatia

The current situation of emergency medical assistance indicates the need to organize faster and more efficient systems of linking all the parts of the Republic of Croatia. The solution can be found in the implementation of aviation as the fastest and therefore the best method of transporting the injured, diseased, and other persons who need urgent transport. The use of military helicopters for the purposes of emergency aviation does not satisfy the needs of the Republic of Croatia from the organizational and legal aspect. There were 597 fatalities on the Croatian roads in 2005 and with the establishment of emergency helicopter medical service, the number of fatalities may be reduced by one third.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/03535320
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from PROMET
• Authors:
  • Vidović, Andrija
  • Steiner, Sanja
• Publication Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 361-369
• Serial:
  • Promet Traffic-Traffico
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: University of Zagreb
  • ISSN: 0353-5320

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash victims; Emergency medical services; Emergency response time; Helicopter transportation; Helicopters; Heliports; Survival
• Geographic Terms: Croatia
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01091401
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 23 2008 9:23AM