Medical evacuations by search and rescue helicopters in the Barents Sea
Silje Aune, Torben Wisborg, Hanne Rikstad Iversen, Lasse Raatiniemi · 2025
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Description
Silje Aune and co-authors review helicopter medical evacuations in the Barents Sea in a 2025 study. The far-north sea mixes huge distances, brutal weather, and polar night, so rescue helicopters are often the only option. The team reviewed twenty-two years of requests to one rescue squadron.
Four hundred eighteen requests led to two hundred eighty-three flown missions. Patients were nearly all men, median age forty-one, mostly with mid-level severity scores. Fishing injuries dominated trauma, while gut and heart problems led medical calls. Readers get a readiness case for Arctic rescue crews.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Silje Aune, Torben Wisborg, Hanne Rikstad Iversen, Lasse Raatiniemi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 30 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |