Military and civilian emergency aeromedical services: Common goals and different approaches

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 56-60

  De Lorenzo, Robert A ^a,b  

^a CARL R DARNALL ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMY; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; MEDICAL CARE; MILITARY MEDICINE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

AIR AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MILITARY MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0031031491     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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