TY - JOUR
T1 - Bispectral index monitoring in helicopter emergency medical services patients
AU - Heegaard, William G
AU - Fringer, Ryan Charles
AU - Frascone, Ralph
AU - Pippert, Greg
AU - Miner, James R
PY - 2009/1/1
Y1 - 2009/1/1
N2 - Background. Many critically ill patients are given sedatives andparalytics to facilitate aeromedical transport. Bispectral index (BIS) monitoring is a computer-derived electroencephalography (EEG) analog currently used to monitor the level of awareness of sedated patients. It gives a score of 1100, with 1 representing no brain function and100 representing a completely alert patient. Objective. To evaluate whether critically ill patients are adequately sedated during aeromedical transport. Methods. This was a prospective, observational study of a convenience sample of critically ill patients transported by helicopter. All intubated patients who received sedatives and/or paralytics to facilitate transport were eligible for enrollment by the attending clinician. Prior to liftoff, a BIS sensor was applied to the patient's forehead. Minimum, maximum, andmean BIS index scores were recorded every minute during transport. Results. Forty-seven patients (57 male) were enrolled, with a median age of 60 years (interquartile range [IQR] 1881, range 14 to 86 years). The median duration of monitoring was 15.0 minutes (IQR 6.026.0, range 2 to 33). The median BIS score was 54.6 (IQR 38.667.3, range 28 to 89.5). Only two patients (4.3, 95 confidence interval [CI] 0.5 to 14.8) had at least one BIS score greater than 85, the accepted threshold for recall. Conclusion. These results suggest that patients are adequately sedated during air medical transport.
AB - Background. Many critically ill patients are given sedatives andparalytics to facilitate aeromedical transport. Bispectral index (BIS) monitoring is a computer-derived electroencephalography (EEG) analog currently used to monitor the level of awareness of sedated patients. It gives a score of 1100, with 1 representing no brain function and100 representing a completely alert patient. Objective. To evaluate whether critically ill patients are adequately sedated during aeromedical transport. Methods. This was a prospective, observational study of a convenience sample of critically ill patients transported by helicopter. All intubated patients who received sedatives and/or paralytics to facilitate transport were eligible for enrollment by the attending clinician. Prior to liftoff, a BIS sensor was applied to the patient's forehead. Minimum, maximum, andmean BIS index scores were recorded every minute during transport. Results. Forty-seven patients (57 male) were enrolled, with a median age of 60 years (interquartile range [IQR] 1881, range 14 to 86 years). The median duration of monitoring was 15.0 minutes (IQR 6.026.0, range 2 to 33). The median BIS score was 54.6 (IQR 38.667.3, range 28 to 89.5). Only two patients (4.3, 95 confidence interval [CI] 0.5 to 14.8) had at least one BIS score greater than 85, the accepted threshold for recall. Conclusion. These results suggest that patients are adequately sedated during air medical transport.
KW - Air ambulance
KW - BIS monitor
KW - Conscious sedation
KW - Sedation in HEMS
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U2 - 10.1080/10903120802706187
DO - 10.1080/10903120802706187
M3 - Article
C2 - 19291556
AN - SCOPUS:70350630431
VL - 13
SP - 193
EP - 197
JO - Prehospital Emergency Care
JF - Prehospital Emergency Care
SN - 1090-3127
IS - 2
ER -