Requiring on-line medical command for helicopter request prolongs computer-modeled transport time to the nearest trauma center

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 261-264

  Tortella, Bartholomew J ^a,b   Lavery, Robert F ^a   Kamat, Mihir ^b   Ramani, Mohnish ^b  

^a University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced life support; Air medical helicopter; Emergency medical services; On line medical command; Transport

Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ONLINE SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; TIME;

AIR AMBULANCES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 0030255429     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00043090     Document Type: Article

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