Surgery in the air - Evacuating Finnish tsunami victims from Thailand

Scandinavian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-8

  Leppäniemi, Ari ^a,b   Vuola, J ^a   Vornanen, M ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aeromedical evacuation; Austere environment surgery; Disaster medicine; Earthquake; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEBRIDEMENT; DISASTER; FASCIOTOMY; FINLAND; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; GENERAL SURGERY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LIMB FRACTURE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PELVIS FRACTURE; PLASTIC SURGERY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; THAILAND; WOUND CARE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 17144418486     PISSN: 14574969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/145749690509400103     Document Type: Article

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