Aeromedical retrievals for gastrointestinal disorders in rural and remote Australia: the need for improved access to specialist advice
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Fergus W. Gardiner; Kathryn McMahon; Susan J. Connor; Lara Bishop; Jakob Begun; Jane M. Andrews; Ezekiel Uba Nwose
- Source
- Internal Medicine Journal. 50:619-623
- Subject
- Rural Population
Service (business)
Gastrointestinal Diseases
business.industry
Australia
Air Ambulances
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
medicine.disease
Medical care
Advice (programming)
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
parasitic diseases
Internal Medicine
Humans
population characteristics
Medicine
Rural Health Services
030212 general & internal medicine
Medical emergency
business
human activities
- Language
- ISSN
- 1445-5994
1444-0903
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) provides medical care to populations without access to traditional health-care services. From 2014 to 2018 the RFDS conducted 6007 (≈1201/year) aeromedical retrievals for gastrointestinal (GI) disorders. More detailed research is needed to determine specific GI disorders that contributed to this caseload, and in particular inform whether the establishment of a GI specialist service is justified.