Factors affecting development of air ambulance base: A systematic review and thematic analysis
نویسندگان
1 Department of Health in Disasters and Emergencies, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Workplace Health Promotion Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of E‑Learning, Virtual School of Medical Education and Management, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3 Department of Health in Disasters and Emergencies, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4 Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention Research Center, School of Public Health and Safety, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
5 National Center for Strategic Research in Medical Education, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran
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چکیده
Nowadays, air ambulances have been developed as part of advanced emergency medicine serviceswith many countries employing these services for transferring patients in usual and emergencyconditions. However, there are challenges concerning the optimal development of air ambulancebase. The present research aimed to identify factors affecting the development of air ambulancebases to provide the opportunity of planning to improve the quality of emergency medical services.In this systematic literature review, the peer-reviewed papers in fiv electronic databases, includingMedline through PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, and ProQuest, as well asavailable gray literature, were searched and selected. Two combinations of groups were used askeywords: the Health Planning and development factor, air ambulance base. The focus was onthe PRISMA checklist, with no time limitations until from 1990 to January 2020. Finally, through5156 related citations, 20 articles were included. Descriptive and thematic content analyses wereevaluated. The factors affecting the development of the air ambulance base were classified in fivcategories and 14 subcategories as follows: navigation criteria, process indications and standards,sociopolitical factors, and current situation of the area. There are few studies on factors affecting thedevelopment of air ambulance bases. It is necessary to apply multidimensional models to considervarious factors for development. The development of high populated cities, events and ceremonieswith a crowd of participants, and increase of human-made disasters are making these servicesincreasingly indispensable.
