Dispatch of a helicopter emergency medicine service to patients with a sudden, unexplained loss of consciousness of medical origin.
J MohindruJ E GriggsR de CoverlyR M LyonEwoud Ter Avestnull nullPublished in: BMC emergency medicine (2020)
HEMS dispatchers and ambulance personnel are able to identify a cohort of patients with unexplained LOC of medical origin who suffer from potentially life threatening (mainly neurological) pathology, in whom HEMS specific intervention are frequently required. Presenting GCS can be used to inform the triage process of patients with LOC at an early stage.