Air ambulance trauma transport: A quality review

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 26-31

  Van Wijngaarden, Mary ^a   Kortbeek, John ^d   Lafreniere, Rene ^e   Cunningham, Randy ^b   Joughin, Elaine ^f   Yim, Rita ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Calgary General Hospital   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air ambulance; Overtriage; Quality control; Trauma; Undertriage

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SERVICE; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029942235     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199607000-00006     Document Type: Article

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