A description of events associated with scene response by helicopter based medical retrieval teams

Injury

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 847-852

  Flabouris, Arthas ^a  

^a NSW Medical Retrieval Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STAFF; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY;

EID: 0142138231     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(03)00033-0     Document Type: Article

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