Study on the New Role of Civil and Military Air Rescue Nurses in the Italian Context
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Data Collection
- Can you tell me how the idea of becoming a heli-rescuer nurse came about and what health context/hospital ward it comes from?
- What can be done concretely to increase the level of knowledge of the techniques? How could field training improve with periodic refresher courses and how could it affect your performance at the event?
- What were the first interventions you made and how did you find yourself managing them?
- How much would you be willing to increase the training received and what would you change?
- What do you think of a possible periodic training being done in collaboration with other rescue units, such as basic ambulances or MSA, and the drafting of updated guidelines for the cooperation between the different rescue bodies?
- Do you know the differences between military and civilian evacuation techniques?
- Currently, the healthcare team leader is represented by the figure of a doctor, but in the future, the nurses could be given more autonomy in operations. How do you think this can happen? What do you know and what do you think about nursing see-and-treat, and how could this shape future education?
- How does whether or not being a nurse on board a helicopter make a difference?
- What do you think of the current regulation of air rescue and the uses made of this service, and what do you think of the management of events by the operations centers?
- What do you think can be done to implement the current HEMS?
3.2. Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria
3.2.1. Inclusion Criteria
3.2.2. Exclusion Criteria
3.3. Ethical Implications
3.4. Participant Characteristics
- Context of origin
- Training, preparation, and factors influencing training and professional growth
- First interventions and management
- Increase in training and/or changes to be implemented
- Collaboration and new guidelines with other rescue units
- Knowledge of differences between civilian and military evacuation techniques
- Nurse team leader: the nursing see-and-treat
- A nurse on board the air ambulance can make a difference
- Regulation/management of interventions by the operations center
- Implementation of the HEMS
3.5. Context of Origin
3.5.1. Training, Preparation, and Factors Influencing Training and Professional Growth
3.5.2. First Interventions and Management
3.5.3. Training Increase and/or Changes
3.5.4. Collaboration and New Guidelines with Other Rescue Units
3.5.5. Knowledge of Differences between Civilian and Military Evacuation Techniques
3.5.6. Nurse Team Leader: The Nursing See-and-Treat
3.5.7. Nurses on Board the Air Ambulance Can Make the Difference
3.5.8. Regulation/Management of Interventions by the Operations Center
3.5.9. Implementation of the HEMS
4. Study Limits
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Home Base | Department of Origin | Gender |
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Cagliari-Elmas | First aid, 2 Anesthesia–Resuscitation, 4 Territorial service or operations center, 4 | Males, 8 Females, 2 |
Alghero-Fertilia | Emergency room Anesthesia–Resuscitation, 1 Territorial service or operations center, 1 | Males, 2 Females, 0 |
Olbia | First aid, 1 Anesthesia–Resuscitation, 1 Territorial service or operations center, 1 | Males, 2 Females, 1 |
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Loi, F.; Lucchetta, M.R.; Mameli, C.; Rosmarino, R.; Oppes, G.; Fuentes, R.J.; Avilez Gonzalez, I.D.; Aviles Gonzalez, C.I. Study on the New Role of Civil and Military Air Rescue Nurses in the Italian Context. Nurs. Rep. 2023, 13, 480-495. https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep13010044
Loi F, Lucchetta MR, Mameli C, Rosmarino R, Oppes G, Fuentes RJ, Avilez Gonzalez ID, Aviles Gonzalez CI. Study on the New Role of Civil and Military Air Rescue Nurses in the Italian Context. Nursing Reports. 2023; 13(1):480-495. https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep13010044
Chicago/Turabian StyleLoi, Francesca, Maria Raffaela Lucchetta, Claudio Mameli, Roberta Rosmarino, Giulio Oppes, Ronald Jaimes Fuentes, Ingrid Dallana Avilez Gonzalez, and Cesar Ivan Aviles Gonzalez. 2023. "Study on the New Role of Civil and Military Air Rescue Nurses in the Italian Context" Nursing Reports 13, no. 1: 480-495. https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep13010044
APA StyleLoi, F., Lucchetta, M. R., Mameli, C., Rosmarino, R., Oppes, G., Fuentes, R. J., Avilez Gonzalez, I. D., & Aviles Gonzalez, C. I. (2023). Study on the New Role of Civil and Military Air Rescue Nurses in the Italian Context. Nursing Reports, 13(1), 480-495. https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep13010044