Assessing the appropriateness of helicopter emergency medical services for non-traumatic emergencies in a medically underserved rural area, Japan

• Shohei Matsubara,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Japan, Department of Internal Medicine, Oida Hospital, Sukumo, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7075-871X

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• Ken-ei Sada ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sadak@kochi-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1020-0818

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• Masataka Kudo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Nankoku, Japan, Department of Internal Medicine, Inan Hospital, Tosashimizu, Japan, Department of General Internal Medicine, Iizuka Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

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• Sho Sasaki,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

  Affiliations Department of General Medicine, Iwase Satellite for Teaching And Research (STAR), Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan, Center for Innovative Research for Communities and Clinical Excellence (CiRC2LE), Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan, Section of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Community Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Atsushi Morizane,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Kochi Health Sciences Center, Kochi, Japan

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• Koshi Kajihara,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sukumo Fire Department, Hata Western Fire Department Union, Sukumo, Japan

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• Hidenao Okubo,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Otsuki Hospital, Otsukicho, Japan

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• Kosuke Hamagawa,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Shimanto City Hospital, Shimanto, Japan

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• Toshimi Mizobuchi,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Inan Hospital, Tosashimizu, Japan

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• Toshikazu Yabe,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Kochi Prefectural Hata Kenmin Hospital, Sukumo, Japan

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• Yuichi Saisaka,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, Kochi Health Sciences Center, Kochi, Japan

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• Kimiaki Tanaka,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Oida Hospital, Sukumo, Japan

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• Narufumi Suganuma

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation MEDi Center, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan

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