Utopia for Norwegian helicopter emergency medical services: Estimating the number of bases needed to radically bring down response times, and lives needed to be saved for cost effectiveness.

Caroline Jeanne JagtenbergOddvar UlebergGudrun Maria Waaler BjørnelvJo Røislien

Published in: PloS one (2023)

Reducing Norwegian HEMS response times to 10-15 minutes requires a drastic increase in the number of HEMS bases needed. Choice of ethical philosophy (utilitarianism or egalitarianism) determines when the expansion might be considered cost effective.

Keyphrases

emergency medical
healthcare
mental health
primary care
decision making