@article{ref1,
title="Medical evacuations from oil rigs off the Gulf Coast of the United States from 2008 to 2012: reasons and cost implications",
journal="Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine",
year="2014",
author="Thibodaux, Donald P. and Bourgeois, Robert M. and Loeppke, Ronald R. and Konicki, Doris L. and Hymel, Pamela A. and Dreger, Marianne",
volume="56",
number="7",
pages="681-685",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To identify reasons for air medical evacuations from oil rigs/platforms. <br><br>METHODS: Retrospective review of data of medical calls from 102 rigs/platforms in the US Gulf Coast from 2008 through 2012 with specific analysis of medevacs. <br><br>RESULTS: On average, 1609 total calls per year relating to illness or injury on the 102 oil rigs/platforms with 4% to 7% requiring medical air evacuation. On average, 77% of medevacs were for nonoccupational medical injury or illness. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Illness, not occupational injuries, is identified as the major reason for medical evacuations from oil rigs. Heart disease is the leading cause of chronic health conditions resulting in a medevac.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1076-2752",
doi="10.1097/JOM.0000000000000221",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000000221"
}