Use of the autolaunch method of dispatching a helicopter

Air Medical Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 35-41

  Berns, Kathleen S ^a   Caniglia, Jeffery J ^a   Hankins, Daniel G ^a   Zietlow, Scott P ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HELICOPTER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0037780822     PISSN: 1067991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1067-991X(03)70006-6     Document Type: Article

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