Establishing a rural emergency medical retrieval service

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 76-78

  Whitelaw, A S ^a   Hsu, R ^a   Corfield, Alasdair R ^a   Hearns, S ^a  

^a ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RURAL AREA;

AIR AMBULANCES; AMBULANCES; CRITICAL CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SCOTLAND; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 30344449144     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2005.025528     Document Type: Article

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