Improving pilot response to in-flight strokes: A randomized controlled trial

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 317-322

  Leira, Enrique C ^a,d   Cruz Flores, Salvador ^a   Wyrwich, Kathleen W ^b   Northam, Gary J ^c   Acharya, Aninda B ^a   Pan, Yi ^a   Holzemer, Eve M ^a   Womack, Sharon B ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Saint Louis University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aviation; Computer assisted learning; In flight stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRPLANE PILOT; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SIMULATION; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SYMPTOM; TELECOMMUNICATION; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

AVIATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TRAVEL;

EID: 18644364091     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084500     Document Type: Article

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