An Updated Review of Literature for Air Medical Evacuation High-Level Containment Transport During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic.
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OBJECTIVE: In 2019, our team conducted a literature review of air medical evacuation high-level containment transport (AE-HLCT) of patients infected with high-consequence pathogens. Since that publication, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in numerous air medical evacuations. We re-examined the new literature associated with AE-HLCTs to determine new innovations developed as a result of the pandemic. METHODS: A literature search was performed in PubMed/MEDLINE from February 2019 to October 2021. The authors screened abstracts for the inclusion criteria and reviewed full articles if the abstract was relevant to the aim. RESULTS: Our search criteria yielded 19 publications. Many of the early transports of patients with COVID-19 used established protocols for AE-HLCT, which were built from the most recent transports of patients with Ebola virus disease.Innovations from the identified articles are subdivided into preflight considerations, in-flight operations, and postflight operations. CONCLUSION: Lessons gleaned from AE-HLCTs of patients with COVID-19 in the early weeks of the pandemic, when little was known about transmission or the severity of the novel disease, have advanced the field of AE-HLCT. Teams that had never conducted such transports now have experience and processes. However, more research into AE-HLCT is needed, including research related tosingle-patient portable isolation units as well as containerized/multipatient transportation systems.
Herstein, J. J., Figi, C. E., Le, A. B., Beam, E. L., Lawler, J. V., Schnaubelt, E. R., ... Gibbs, S. G.
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Herstein, Jocelyn J||Figi, Claire E||Le, Aurora B||Beam, Elizabeth L||Lawler, James V||Schnaubelt, Elizabeth R||Carter, Gary W||Lowe, John J||Gibbs, Shawn G
