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Table 1 Dispatch criteria of the Danish HEMS

From: Characteristics of patients treated by the Danish Helicopter Emergency Medical Service from 2014-2018: a nationwide population-based study

1) Immediate dispatch based on the 112 call

 Major trauma

  unconscious patient

  seriously injured patient

  high energy trauma

  entrapment

  massive haemorrhage

 Mass casualty

 Drowning

 Diving accident

 Time-critical conditions or admittance to a specific hospital centre is needed

  acute myocardial infarction/chest pain

  cardiac arrest

  stroke

  children suspected to suffer a life-threatening condition and HEMS is nearest physician-staffed resource

  suspected meningitis and HEMS is nearest physician-staffed resource

  significant burns

  traumatic amputation

2) Crew request from the scene

 Patients to thrombectomy/thrombolysis (stroke/acute myocardial infarction)

 Admittance to a specific hospital centre is needed

 Additional critical care physician on scene is needed

3) Interhospital transfers

4) Missions to islands not connected by road to the mainland