Arne B. Brantsæter, MD, MPH, PhD, is a Senior Consultant, Department of Acute Medicine and Department of Infectious Diseases; Andreas E. Hansen, MD, is Section Chief and Consultant Anesthesiologist, Andreas Gisholt Gustavsen, PGdip, CRNA, RN, PM, is a Paramedic, Vidar Stensvåg, MD, is a Consultant Anesthesiologist, Hege Anita Aastrøm, MSc, CRNS, RN, FN, is a Flight Nurse, and Fridtjof Heyerdahl, MD, PhD, is a Consultant Anesthesiologist, all in the Air Ambulance Department, Prehospital Services; and Espen Rostrup Nakstad, MD, PhD, is a Senior Consultant, Department of Acute Medicine; all at Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway. Fridtjof Heyerdahl is also a Researcher, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. Per Magne Tveitane is Senior Advisor, Department of Emergency Preparedness, Directorate of Health, Oslo, Norway.
Health Secur. 2024 Sep;22(S1):S76-S85. doi: 10.1089/hs.2023.0153. Epub 2024 Aug 13.
Infection of Western aid workers with Ebola virus disease during the 2014-2016 West African outbreak demonstrated the need for medical evacuation to high-level isolation units in Europe and the United States. In Norway, an ad hoc preparedness team was established for aeromedical evacuation in case of need. In October 2014, this team transported an infected aid worker from the military section of Oslo Airport to Oslo University Hospital. To maintain and strengthen the capacity for domestic ambulance transport on the ground and in the air, the Norwegian Medical Emergency Response Team for High Consequence Infectious Diseases (in Norway known as "Nasjonalt medisinsk utrykningsteam for høyrisikosmitte"), or NORTH, was established as a permanent service in 2017. Recognizing the expertise of this domestic team, Norway was subsequently entrusted with the task of enhancing the European aeromedical transport capacity for high-consequence infectious diseases and establishing the Norwegian rescEU Jet Air Ambulance for Transport of Highly Infectious Patients, or NOJAHIP, in 2022. In this case study, we present experiences and lessons learned from these 2 services and discuss how they can be further developed.
在 2014 年至 2016 年西非暴发期间，西方援助工作者感染埃博拉病毒病，这表明需要将其医疗后送至高隔离水平的欧洲和美国单位。在挪威，成立了一个特别准备的小组，以便在需要时进行航空医疗后送。2014 年 10 月，该小组将一名受感染的援助工作者从奥斯陆机场的军事区运送到奥斯陆大学医院。为了维持和加强国内地面和空中救护车运输的能力，挪威高后果传染病医疗应急反应小组（在挪威称为“Nasjonalt medisinsk utrykningsteam for høyrisikosmitte”），或 NORTH，于 2017 年作为一项常设服务成立。鉴于该国内小组的专业知识，挪威随后被委托增强欧洲高后果传染病航空医疗后送能力，并于 2022 年成立了挪威 rescEU 喷气式空运急救医疗队，用于运送高传染性患者，或 NOJAHIP。在本案例研究中，我们介绍了这两项服务的经验和教训，并讨论了如何进一步发展这些服务。
