Helicopter air medical transport: Ten-year outcomes for trauma patients in a New England program

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 677-682

  Jacobs, Lenworth M ^c   Gabram, Sheryl G A ^a   Sztajnkrycer, Matthew D ^b   Robinson, Kenneth J ^c   Libby, Mark C N ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AIR AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ENGLAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0033227203     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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