Air ambulance services in the Arctic 1999-2009: a Norwegian study

Table 2 Overview of air ambulance operations in the Norwegian Arctic during the time period 1999 - 2009.

Items	Subgroup	Patients	%	Median age (yrs)	Range
*Patient characteristics*	All (n = 345)
Age		345	100	47	0-92
Sex	Female	117	34	41	2-88
	Male	225	65	47	1-92
	Sex not registered	3	1
*Nationality*	Not Norwegian (total)	75	22
	Russian	31	9
	German	8	2
	Swedish	5	1
	British	2	0.4
	Finnish	1	0.2
	Faroe Island	1	0.2
	Unspecified	27	8
*Task characteristics*
Emergency status	Non-urgent	84	24
	Urgent	144	42
	Emergent	117	34
Diagnosis	Psychiatry	9	3	42	21-67
	Infection	34	10	40	1-84
	Heart and vascular disease	76	22	54	19-87
	Bone fracture	71	21	48	2-80
	Gynaecology/obstetrics	28*	8	29	20-40
	Cancer/tumour	4	1	57	49-73
*Treatment*	Intubation	4	1
	Oxygen	204	59
	Analgesics	135	39
	Vasopressors	34	10

*Twenty-four of the patients were transported to give birth to their children on the mainland.

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