• Air ambulance flights in northern Norway 2002- 2008. Increased number of secondary fixed wing (FW) operations and more use of rotor wing (RW) transports 

      Norum, Jan; Elsbak, Trond M (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Air ambulance service in Norway has been upgraded during the last years. European regulations concerning pilots’ working time and new treatment guidelines/strategies have called for more resources. The objective was to describe and analyse the two supplementary air ambulance [fixed wing (FW) and rotor wing (RW)] alternatives’ activity during the study period (2002-2008). Furthermore we aimed to ...
    • Air ambulance services in the Arctic 1999-2009 : a Norwegian study. 

      Norum, Jan; Elsbak, Trond M (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Air ambulance services in the Arctic have to deal with remote locations, long distances, rough weather conditions and seasonable darkness. Despite these challenges, the people living in the area expect a high quality of specialist health care. The objective of this study was to analyse the air ambulance operations performed in the Norwegian Arctic and study variations in diagnoses and flight patterns ...