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Emergency Care Provided by the Israeli Military Airborne Combat Evacuation Unit during Helicopter Winch Rescue Operations

Ariel GuinzburgMedical Corps, Israeli Defense Forces, Tel-Hashomer, Israel (AG, DE, JC, SK, EA, SS); Department of Internal Medicine “B”, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel (DE); Department of Emergency Medicine, Leon and Mathilde Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel (JC); Pediatric Emergency Department, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel (IS); Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel; (IS); Medical Intensive Care Unit, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel (AM)
, MD,
Danny EpsteinMedical Corps, Israeli Defense Forces, Tel-Hashomer, Israel (AG, DE, JC, SK, EA, SS); Department of Internal Medicine “B”, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel (DE); Department of Emergency Medicine, Leon and Mathilde Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel (JC); Pediatric Emergency Department, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel (IS); Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel; (IS); Medical Intensive Care Unit, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel (AM)
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Jonathan CohenMedical Corps, Israeli Defense Forces, Tel-Hashomer, Israel (AG, DE, JC, SK, EA, SS); Department of Internal Medicine “B”, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel (DE); Department of Emergency Medicine, Leon and Mathilde Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel (JC); Pediatric Emergency Department, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel (IS); Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel; (IS); Medical Intensive Care Unit, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel (AM)
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Shai KisoMedical Corps, Israeli Defense Forces, Tel-Hashomer, Israel (AG, DE, JC, SK, EA, SS); Department of Internal Medicine “B”, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel (DE); Department of Emergency Medicine, Leon and Mathilde Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel (JC); Pediatric Emergency Department, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel (IS); Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel; (IS); Medical Intensive Care Unit, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel (AM)
, BEMS,
Eliad AviramMedical Corps, Israeli Defense Forces, Tel-Hashomer, Israel (AG, DE, JC, SK, EA, SS); Department of Internal Medicine “B”, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel (DE); Department of Emergency Medicine, Leon and Mathilde Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel (JC); Pediatric Emergency Department, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel (IS); Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel; (IS); Medical Intensive Care Unit, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel (AM)
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Shachar ShapiraMedical Corps, Israeli Defense Forces, Tel-Hashomer, Israel (AG, DE, JC, SK, EA, SS); Department of Internal Medicine “B”, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel (DE); Department of Emergency Medicine, Leon and Mathilde Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel (JC); Pediatric Emergency Department, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel (IS); Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel; (IS); Medical Intensive Care Unit, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel (AM)
, MD,
Itai ShavitMedical Corps, Israeli Defense Forces, Tel-Hashomer, Israel (AG, DE, JC, SK, EA, SS); Department of Internal Medicine “B”, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel (DE); Department of Emergency Medicine, Leon and Mathilde Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel (JC); Pediatric Emergency Department, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel (IS); Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel; (IS); Medical Intensive Care Unit, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel (AM)Correspondence[email protected]
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Asaf MillerMedical Corps, Israeli Defense Forces, Tel-Hashomer, Israel (AG, DE, JC, SK, EA, SS); Department of Internal Medicine “B”, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel (DE); Department of Emergency Medicine, Leon and Mathilde Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel (JC); Pediatric Emergency Department, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel (IS); Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel; (IS); Medical Intensive Care Unit, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel (AM)
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Pages 397-403 | Received 17 Dec 2019, Accepted 10 Apr 2020, Published online: 01 May 2020

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