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Rapid response air medical evacuation by civilian HEMS crew of critical patients during COVID-19 outbreak – First Fixed Points

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Mauro Del Romano
mauro.delromano@asst-lariana.it
Agenzia Regionale Emergenza Urgenza (AREU), Servizio regionale di elisoccorso, base di Villa Guardia; AAT 118 Como, Italy.
Lorenzo Ciapessoni
Agenzia Regionale Emergenza Urgenza (AREU), Servizio regionale di elisoccorso, base di Villa Guardia; AAT 118 Como, Italy.
Francesca Di Mola
Agenzia Regionale Emergenza Urgenza (AREU), Servizio regionale di elisoccorso, base di Villa Guardia; AAT 118 Como, Italy.
Gabriele Romanò
Agenzia Regionale Emergenza Urgenza (AREU), Servizio regionale di elisoccorso, base di Villa Guardia; AAT 118 Como, Italy.
Massimo Gavezzotti
Agenzia Regionale Emergenza Urgenza (AREU), Servizio regionale di elisoccorso, base di Villa Guardia; AAT 118 Como, Italy.
Marcello Rigamonti
Agenzia Regionale Emergenza Urgenza (AREU), Servizio regionale di elisoccorso, base di Villa Guardia; AAT 118 Como, Italy.
Monica Carnelli
Agenzia Regionale Emergenza Urgenza (AREU), Servizio regionale di elisoccorso, base di Villa Guardia; AAT 118 Como, Italy.
Roberto Cappelletti
Agenzia Regionale Emergenza Urgenza (AREU), Servizio regionale di elisoccorso, base di Villa Guardia; AAT 118 Como, Italy.
Elena Sala Peup
Agenzia Regionale Emergenza Urgenza (AREU), Servizio regionale di elisoccorso, base di Villa Guardia; AAT 118 Como, Italy.
Edgardo Orlandi
Agenzia Regionale Emergenza Urgenza (AREU), Servizio regionale di elisoccorso, base di Villa Guardia; AAT 118 Como, Italy.
Guido Francesco Villa
Agenzia Regionale Emergenza Urgenza (AREU), Servizio regionale di elisoccorso, base di Villa Guardia; AAT 118 Como, Italy.
Giordana Manuel
Helicopter pilots, Babcock Mission Critical Service Italia S.p.A., Italy.
Walter Ponzoni
Helicopter pilots, Babcock Mission Critical Service Italia S.p.A., Italy.

The Covid-19 emergency requires a shared plan for the longrange helicopter transfer of patients affected by the virus in order to reduce the overload of intensive care units. To date, there is limited peer reviewed literature on aeromedical transport of patients with highly hazardous communicable diseases, most of it is military, and none deals specifically with patients affected by Covid- 19. To meet this need, we propose reference criteria regarding preflight, in-flight and post-flight patient management and helicopter sanitization.

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Del Romano, M., Ciapessoni, L., Di Mola, F. ., Romanò, G., Gavezzotti, M., Rigamonti, M., Carnelli, M., Cappelletti, R., Peup, E. S., Orlandi, E., Villa, G. F., Manuel, G., & Ponzoni, W. (2020). Rapid response air medical evacuation by civilian HEMS crew of critical patients during COVID-19 outbreak – First Fixed Points. Emergency Care Journal, 16(3). https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2020.9373

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