A safety review and risk assessment in air medical transport

Air Medical Journal

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL., 2002, Pages 1-63

  Blumen, Ira J ^a,b   Lemkin, Daniel L ^a,b   Scott, Geoff ^a   Casner, Michael ^c   Arndt, Karen ^a   Bate, Michelle ^a   Callejas, Sonia F ^d   Maddow, Charles L ^e   Ligman, Fred ^a   Pope, Clinton ^a   Ban, Edward ^a   Felty, Craig ^a   Freeman, Mose L ^a   Burdett, Linda ^a   Collins, John ^a   McCall, Ray ^a   DeFauw, Dave ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; AIRPLANE PILOT; AVIATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; MILITARY MEDICINE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WEATHER; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0036871153     PISSN: 1067991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1067-991X(02)70031-X     Document Type: Review

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