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Helicopter Rescue for Traffic Accidents in West Germany

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Hans Burghart
Hans Burghart
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery and Traumatology, Kreiskrankenhaus, Schmittbauerstrasse 44, Munich-Perlach 83, 8000, West Germany
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Approximately 200,000 emergency patients die annually in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) after a sudden illness or a serious accident. According to estimates, more than 20,000 die because effective first aid was not rendered soon enough. We know that two-thirds of all victims of fatal traffic accidents die within 25 minutes after the accident has occurred. In order to improve chances of survival, the therapy-free interval must be as brief as possible.

Type
Section Four—Air Rescue
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 1 , Issue 1: Military and Disaster Medicine , Spring 1985 , pp. 65 - 66
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1985

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