Pre- and inter-hospital transport of severely head-injured patients in rural Northern Norway

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 309-314

  Sollid, Snorre ^a   Munch Ellingsen, Jens ^a   Gilbert, Mads ^a   Ingebrigtsen, Tor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Air ambulance; Head injury; Patient transfer; Rural area; Time consumption

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GEOGRAPHY; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RURAL AREA;

EID: 0037348495     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/089771503321532897     Document Type: Article

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