On a wing and a prayer: Medical emergencies on board commercial aircraft

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 276-280

  Drummond, Robert ^a   Drummond, Alan J ^b  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Perth and Smiths Falls District Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automated external defibrillators; Commercial aviation; Inflight medical emergencies; Medical kits

Indexed keywords

EID: 18244382418     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S148180350000751X     Document Type: Article

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