Establishing Transport Statistics: Results From the Medevac Transport Statistics Survey

Abstract

ObjectiveThe purpose of this article was to report the results of a national survey of medical transport programs to establish national estimates of critical care transports and use those results combined with other data sources to generate annual transport volume estimates. MethodsAn online survey was administered to collect transport statistics from medical transport programs registered in the Association of Air Medical Services Atlas and Database of Air Medical services in 2015. ResultsRoughly 20% of all registered programs participated. An estimated 640,000 critical care transports are conducted annually; an additional breakdown by mode of transfer is presented. ConclusionLow participation rates preclude establishing precise critical care transport statistics. Future participation is encouraged to enable more accurate data reporting to establish resources that can support research and policy initiatives.