Browsing Department of Clinical Medicine by Author "Østerås, Øyvind"
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Factors influencing on-scene time in a rural Norwegian helicopter emergency medical service: A retrospective observational study
Østerås, Øyvind; Heltne, Jon-Kenneth; Vikenes, Bjarne H; Assmus, Jörg; Brattebø, Guttorm (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-09-21)Background: Critically ill patients need to be immediately identified, properly managed, and rapidly transported to definitive care. Extensive prehospital times may increase mortality in selected patient groups. The on-scene ... -
Helicopter-based Emergency Medical Service: dispatches, decisions and patient outcome
Østerås, Øyvind (Doctoral thesis, 2019-09-12)Introduction: Although Norway has one of the most developed air ambulance services in the world, its helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) capacity is limited. Few studies have assessed the medical decisions involved ... -
Helicopter-based emergency medical services for a sparsely populated region: A study of 42,500 dispatches
Østerås, Øyvind; Brattebø, Guttorm; Heltne, Jon-Kenneth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-05)Background: The Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) in Norway is operated day and night, despite challenging geography and weather. In Western Norway, three ambulance helicopters, with a rapid response car as an ... -
Prehospital identification of acute ischaemic stroke with large vessel occlusion: a retrospective study from western Norway
Leto, Nedim; Bjørshol, Conrad Arnfinn; Kurz, Martin; Østerås, Øyvind; Fromm, Annette; Lindner, Thomas Werner (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Background In 2019, the emergency medical services (EMS) covering the western Norway Regional Health Authority area implemented its version of the prehospital clinical criteria G-FAST (Gaze deviation, Facial palsy, Arm ... -
A prospective observational study of why people are medically evacuated from offshore installations in the North Sea
Waje-Andreassen, Anne; Østerås, Øyvind; Brattebø, Guttorm (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Objectives Few studies have described evacuations due to medical emergencies from the offshore installations in the North Sea, though efficient medical service is essential for the industrial activities in this area. The ...