Aeromedical retrieval to a university hospital emergency department in Scotland

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-55

  Caldow, S J ^a   Parke, T R J ^a   Graham, C A ^a   Munro, Phil T ^a  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ESOPHAGUS RUPTURE; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MENINGITIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SEIZURE; STOMACH INTUBATION; SURVIVAL; TRISMUS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AIR AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; RURAL POPULATION; SCOTLAND;

EID: 12344271375     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2004.016618     Document Type: Article

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