Development of a pediatric critical care transport team: Experience at a military medical center

Military Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 188-193

  Wheeler, Derek S ^a   Sperring, Jefferey L ^a   Vaux, Keith K ^a   Poss, W Bradley ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MILITARY MEDICINE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 0345472104     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/164.3.188     Document Type: Article

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