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An Updated Review of Literature for Air Medical Evacuation High-Level Containment Transport During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic



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    Objective: In 2019, our team conducted a literature review of air medical evacuation high-level containment transport (AE-HLCT) of patients infected with high-consequence pathogens. Since that publication, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in numerous air medical evacuations. We re-examined the new literature associated with AE-HLCTs to determine new innovations developed as a result of the pandemic. Methods: A literature search was performed in PubMed/MEDLINE from February 2019 to October 2021. The authors screened abstracts for the inclusion criteria and reviewed full articles if the abstract was relevant to the aim. Results: Our search criteria yielded 19 publications. Many of the early transports of patients with COVID-19 used established protocols for AE-HLCT, which were built from the most recent transports of patients with Ebola virus disease. Innovations from the identified articles are subdivided into preflight considerations, in-flight operations, and postflight operations. Conclusion: Lessons gleaned from AE-HLCTs of patients with COVID-19 in the early weeks of the pandemic, when little was known about transmission or the severity of the novel disease, have advanced the field of AE-HLCT. Teams that had never conducted such transports now have experience and processes. However, more research into AE-HLCT is needed, including research related to single-patient portable isolation units as well as containerized/multipatient transportation systems. [Description provided by NIOSH]
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  • ISSN:
    1067-991X
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Grant
  • Genre:
    Journal Article
  • Place as Subject:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    201-209
  • Volume:
    42
  • Issue:
    3
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20070739
  • Citation:
    Air Med J 2023 May-Jun; 42(3):201-209
  • Contact Point Address:
    Jocelyn J. Herstein, PhD, MPH, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985110 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198
  • Email:
    jocelyn.herstein@unmc.edu
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2023
  • Performing Organization:
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • Peer Reviewed:
    True
  • Start Date:
    20050701
  • Source Full Name:
    Air Medical Journal
  • End Date:
    20280630
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  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:5bde26f8780630d5dd6040ed8bf8552761d0b198685420a865418131da7576036b2a074964a1416f71f0148eb07a11458eda85c39f98d471463044c03add35b3
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