Pediatric critical care transport - The safety of the journey: A five-year review of vehicular collisions involving pediatric and neonatal transport teams

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 449-454

  King, Brent R ^a   Woodward, George A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crashes; Critical care; Pediatric; Safety; Transport; Vehicular collisions

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INJURY; NEWBORN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 0036790745     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120290938111     Document Type: Article

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