An airborne intensive care facility (fixed wing)

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 245-253

  Gilligan, J E ^a,f   Goon, P ^a,b   Maughan, G ^a,c   Griggs, W ^a   Haslam, R ^a,d   Scholten, A ^a,e  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Technology Park   (Australia)

^c Western Operations   (Australia)

^d WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e St John Ambulance Australia Inc   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intensive care: aircraft, fixed wing, altitude, distance, pressurization, equipment, monitoring, electrical, medical gases

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AIRCRAFT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; EQUIPMENT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE PRESSURE VENTILATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MONITORING; PULSE OXIMETRY; SUCTION;

EID: 0030008062     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x9602400218     Document Type: Article

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