Helicopter in transit care of the critically ill - The Whangarei experience

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 1114, 2000, Pages 303-305

  Nagappan, Ramesh ^b   Barker, Janet ^c   Riddell, Tom ^c   Maiden, Neville J ^c   Lindsay, Sarah ^c   Pennycook, Grant A ^c   Ellwood, Reginald ^a  

^a Northland Emergency Services   (New Zealand)

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AIR AMBULANCES; CAPITAL FINANCING; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0034725489     PISSN: 00288446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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