Air medical transport of suspected aortic emergencies

Air Medical Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 34-37

  Mitchell, Alex D ^a   Tallon, John M ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysms; Aortic dissections; Aortic emergencies; Rotor wing aircraft; Transport time

Indexed keywords

AGED; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW; ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AMBULANCE; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELICOPTER; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MEDICAL RECORD; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR AMBULANCES; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC RUPTURE; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NOVA SCOTIA; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036000486     PISSN: 1067991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1067-991X(02)70037-0     Document Type: Article

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