Guidelines for air medical dispatch

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 265-271

  Thomson, David P ^a,c   Thomas, Stephen H ^b  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NAEMSP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HELICOPTER; MEDICAID; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SAFETY;

EID: 0037383899     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120390936923     Document Type: Review

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