Assessment of air medical coverage using the atlas and database of air medical services and correlations with reduced highway fatality rates

Air Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 151-163

  Flanigan, Marie ^a   Blatt, Alan ^a   Lombardo, Louis ^b   Mancuso, Dawn ^c   Miller, Maile ^d   Wiles, Dale ^d   Pirson, Herbert ^d   Hwang, Julie ^e   Thill, Jean Claude ^e   Majka, Kevin ^e  

^a CUBRC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^c Association of Air Medical Services   (United States)

^d GENERAL DYNAMICS ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MOTOR VEHICLE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AIR AMBULANCES; ATLASES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MAPS; POPULATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 21244449985     PISSN: 1067991X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amj.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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