The sky is a limit: Errors in prehospital diagnosis by flight physicians

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 316-320

  Linn, Shai ^a,f   Knoller, Nachshon ^a,b,c   Giligan, Christopher G ^a,d   Dreifus, Uri ^c,e  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c National Air Evacuation Unit   (Israel)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Air evacuation; diagnoses; epidemiology; injuries; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRPLANE CREW; ARMY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SCHOOL CHILD; WAR;

EID: 0030911324     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(97)90025-5     Document Type: Article

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