Helicopter dispatch: A time study

Air Medical Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 70-72

  Stanhope, Kevin ^a   Falcone, Robert E ^a,b   Werman, Howard ^a  

^a MedFlight   (United States)

^b GRANT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Helicopter dispatch

Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

AIR AMBULANCES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; OHIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TIME MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 0031180426     PISSN: 1067991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1067-991X(97)90017-1     Document Type: Article

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