Crew Resource Management in International Helicopter EMS Systems: A Look at the Differences in Air Medicine Outside the United States

摘要: Helicopter EMS (HEMS) is a critical tool in the safety net for medical emergencies around world. It incorporates team working precise unison to both safely operate aircraft and provide high quality state of art care critically ill injured patients. Crew Resource Management (CRM), planning implementation allocating flight resources, has been recognized by HEMS industry be factor operations. There no question that there risk associated with every as studies have shown, danger an accident not decreased but increased dramatically over past ten years. The community diligently surmount obstacles path change making operations safer while continuing research advancement care. Change on horizon better time than now find fix flaws our system. leaders are researching investigating how where these changes must made, their reviews evaluations being done exclusively here United States. In attempts approach this issue at different angle, project was initiated University Pittsburgh through Center Emergency Medicine Western Pennsylvania (CEM) Honors College (UHC). This examine variance CRM methods employed programs outside States, efficacy implementing those methods, some best practices applied programs. By looking techniques, cultures services selected, we may expand understanding own culture advance new standard.