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Emergency Medical Air Assistance in Croatia

The efficacy of rapid patients' transportation in Croatia by road emergency vehicles is not at the satisfactory level in all areas. The biggest problems that exist in providing services of emergency medical assistance are traffic jams in road communications, isolation of population on the islands, low population density, inaccessibility of certain regions and special requests regarding tourism. The results of present organisation are inadequate arrival time at the accident site, overdue first aid and subsequent treatment by medical specialists with consequences of losing lives and deterioration of health. The current state of emergency medicine suggests a necessity for organising faster and more efficient system that will connect all areas of Croatia. A solution may be to use emergency medical air assistance as the fastest and therefore the best way of transporting the injured, the diseased and other persons requiring emergency transportation. The usage of one military helicopter does not satisfy the requirements of the Republic of Croatia. One of the conditions of the Croatian integration into the European Union is the regulation of emergency evacuation. The authors analyse the insufficiencies of the present state and suggest variants of new organisation of the emergency medical system.

helicopter; emergency medical aid; accidents

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