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## ABSTRACT ## Objectives Military Forward Aeromedical Evacuation and civilian Helicopter Emergency Medical Services are widely used to conduct Primary Aeromedical Retrieval. Crew composition in Primary Aeromedical Retrieval missions varies considerably. The ideal composition is unknown. Thus, we conducted a descriptive systematic review on mortality and other outcomes for different Primary Aeromedical Retrieval crew compositions. ## Methods Medline, Embase, and Cochrane Controlled Trials Register were searched up to January 2020. Results were reported per Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses. Studies of adult trauma air transported by different crews were included. Population, injury severity, crew composition, procedures, and outcomes, including mortality, were abstracted. Risk of bias was assessed using previously validated tools. A lack of reported effect measures precluded a quantitative analysis. ## Results Sixteen studies met inclusion criteria (3 prospective studies, 1 case-control, and 12 retrospective). Overall, studies reported a mortality benefit associated with advanced health care providers. This was most apparent in patients with severe

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Author

Laverty, Colin; Tien, Homer; Beckett, Andrew; Nathens, Avery; Rivest-Caissy, JP; da Luz, Luis Teodoro

Publisher

Cambridge University Press; Cambridge University Press (CUP); Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 1481-8035)

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)