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Títol: Definning an Helicopter emergency Medical Services

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Director/a: PONS PRATS, JORDI

Departament: FIS

Títol: Definning an Helicopter emergency Medical Services

Data inici oferta: 01-02-2022     Data finalització oferta: 01-10-2022


Estudis d'assignació del projecte:
    GR ENG SIST AEROESP
Tipus: Individual
 
Lloc de realització: EETAC
 
Paraules clau:
HEMS, helicopter, Medical service, Air transport, Hospitals, Emergencies
 
Descripció del contingut i pla d'activitats:
Emergency Medical Services provide not only transport but also
first-response and first care to ill or injured patient.
Helicopter-based Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) are the best
paradigm of this service; the flexibility that the helicopter
provides is paramount to ensure quick and reliable transport and
medical attention. When defining such a service, one should
consider the different types of operations; hospital transport,
injured rescue, special operations in special locations, '
The project is proposing to simulate the definition and planning
of this kind of service.
The working plan of the project includes:
- Analysis of the existing service, both public and private
services. Identify the differences between each kind of service,
resources, and attention requirements.
- Analysis of the aeronautical characteristics of the
service; fleet with respect to the region, aerodrome /
operational bases with respect to the region, the population,
location of the operational bases with respect to the population
to be assisted, typologies of illness to be treated, emergency or
non-urgent services.
- Assessment of the fleet, crew needs with respects to the
scheduling or charter services
- Assessment of the operational bases and needs with
regards the heliports.

 
Overview (resum en anglès):
Helicopter Emergency Medical Services are complementary services to the emergency medical service of developed countries that allow to give medical assistance to remote areas and assist patients who are in a critical situation to be transferred to the hospital as soon as possible providing them with medicalised care on board. This thesis will explain the existing services in Catalonia that have helicopters for the transport of critically ill patient. Subsequently, the existing services in Catalonia will be compared with other services of a different geographic and population scope than the Catalan services, to establish a comparison and understand how to plan this type of service.

In addition, the fleet of aircraft that each medical service needs to be able to make the transfer and take the patient to the hospital will also be analysed. Therefore, each medical emergency considers the best type of helicopter that suits its need considering the type of region in which it operates, the population that lives there and the type of operation that it will perform. All these will be explained below, analysing the helicopters belonging to each of those services, the technical characteristics of each of them, the missions that each helicopter can perform, the configurations of each helicopter and a comparison will be made between all the helicopters belonging to the services.

Finally, the heliports where this type of service operates will be analysed, as to transport the patient to the hospital, this hospital needs to have a heliport at the top or next to the building. Therefore, it also explains the characteristics that heliports must have, depending on whether they are located on the surface or elevated, the types of heliports that exist and then the analysis of the proposals for the different types of services for improve the network of rescue heliports.

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