Short-term Outcomes of US Air Force Critical Care Air Transport Team (CCATT) Patients Evacuated from a Combat Setting

Abstract

CCATTs are a successful platform in transporting critically injured/ill patients with minimal short-term complications.

Mapping the field of military nursing research 1990–2013: A bibliometric review

“…In keeping with the concept of knowledge transfer, these factors indicate the increasing potential to translate knowledge gained from nursing research to other health professions. Examples include helicopter evacuation services patient outcome and projects based in mental health (Brewer and Ryan-Wenger, 2009;Ebbs and Timmons, 2008;Finnegan and Finnegan, 2007;Finnegan et al, 2013;Gibbons et al, 2011;Kee et al, 2005;Lairet et al, 2013). This shift also acknowledges the collaborative nature of military healthcare and as a marker of bibliometric profile it signals that the field of military nursing is open to transfer to other disciplines (Estabrooks et al, 2004).…”

“…The multidisciplinary nature of the research was assessed by determining whether the paper focused on nursing only or whether the authorship was multidisciplinary including professional groups outside of nursing, such as medicine, paramedicine and/or physiotherapy. For example, papers focusing on Critical Care Air Transport Teams were identified as multidisciplinary because the research involved members of the multidisciplinary team, in this case nurses and doctors (Lairet et al, 2013).…”

En Route Critical Care Transfer From a Role 2 to a Role 3 Medical Treatment Facility in Afghanistan

“…Multiple studies have been conducted evaluating the en route care of patients during transport from point of injury to first MTF (role 2 and/or 3) 5,12,[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] and out of theater to the role 4 medical center in Landstuhl, Germany. 12,[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] A few published reports have described patients treated by individual forward surgical teams (role 2) during specific deployments, but these studies do not include information related to patient transport.…”

“…12,[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28] A few published reports have described patients treated by individual forward surgical teams (role 2) during specific deployments, but these studies do not include information related to patient transport. These reports described cases and procedures performed by the surgical teams from data sets collected prospectively by the surgical team.…”

Modern Military Trauma

“…Retrospective analysis shows that CCATT is safe and capable of responding to rapid and potentially deadly physiological changes in the patients. Of 656 patients examined in one study, there were no deaths [66]. In a smaller study of 133 patients, there were also no deaths [67].…”