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Worldwide, when the needs of injured or ill patients exceed what local clinics and hospitals can provide, urgent evacuation by air to the nearest well-equipped medical facility becomes the key to preserving function and saving lives. The international aeromedical evacuation industry is expanding, in part because of two recent trends: increasing travel to regions where road trauma and infectious diseases are endemic but dependable medical care is unavailable and an increasing number of travelers who are predisposed to injury or illness by advancing age or underlying medical conditions.^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7}

Nearly all international travelers, even those who are elderly or who have . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Clinical Considerations

Indications

Decision to Evacuate

Arranging the Evacuation

Staffing

Equipment

Problems and Pitfalls

Hypoxia

Gas Expansion

Infectious Diseases

Preparation of Patients

Flight Safety

Logistics

Quality Measures

Costs

The Future

Source Information

From Victoria Healthcare International (P.G.T.) and Family Medical Practice Vietnam (R.J.K.) — both in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; and the Patient Safety Unit, Hadassah Medical Organization, Jerusalem, Israel (Y.D.).

Address reprint requests to Dr. Teichman at Victoria Healthcare International, 79 Dien Bien Phu St., Da Kao Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, or at keqfap@yahoo.co.nz.

This article has been cited by other articles:

• Tsai, S.-H., Chen, W.-L., Chiu, W.-T., Wilde, H., Brown, K., Teichman, P. G., Donchin, Y., Kot, R. J. (2007). International Aeromedical Evacuation. NEJM 356: 1685-1687 [Full Text]