Reduced emergency department stabilization time before cranial computed tomography in patients undergoing air medical transport

Air Medical Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 73-75

  Murphy, Michael S ^a,b   Thomas, Stephen H ^a,b   Borczuk, Pierre ^a   Wedel, Suzanne K ^b,c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Boston MedFlight   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air medical transport; Cranial CT; Head injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEMATOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR AMBULANCES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CRANIOTOMY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031182674     PISSN: 1067991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1067-991X(97)90018-3     Document Type: Article

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