Impact of Helicopter Emergency Medical Service in Traumatized Patients: Which Patient Benefits Most?

• Hagen Andruszkow ,

  * E-mail: handruszkow@ukaachen.de

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Trauma at Aachen University and Harald Tscherne Laboratory, University Hospital Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany

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• Uwe Schweigkofler,

  Affiliation Department of Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Frankfurt am Main, Friedberger Landstraße 430, 60389 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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• Rolf Lefering,

  Affiliation Institute for Research in Operative Medicine (IFOM), University of Witten/Herdecke, Ostmerheimer Str. 200, 51109 Cologne, Germany

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• Magnus Frey,

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Trauma at Aachen University and Harald Tscherne Laboratory, University Hospital Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany

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• Klemens Horst,

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Trauma at Aachen University and Harald Tscherne Laboratory, University Hospital Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany

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• Roman Pfeifer,

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Trauma at Aachen University and Harald Tscherne Laboratory, University Hospital Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany

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• Stefan Kurt Beckers,

  Affiliation Emergency Medical Service Aachen, Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen University, Pauwelsstraße 30, Germany

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• Hans-Christoph Pape,

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Trauma at Aachen University and Harald Tscherne Laboratory, University Hospital Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany

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• Frank Hildebrand

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Trauma at Aachen University and Harald Tscherne Laboratory, University Hospital Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany

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