Souls on board: Helicopter emergency medical services and safety

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 357-360

  Isakov, Alexander P ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FATALITY; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

EID: 33645002700     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2005.12.020     Document Type: Editorial

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