Physician roles in aeromedical evacuation: Current practices in USAF operations

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 631-638

  Hurd, William W ^a   Montminy, Richard J ^b   De Lorenzo, Robert A ^c   Burd, Lawrence T ^d   Goldman, Brad S ^e   Loftus, Thomas J ^f  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Dover Delaware Office of Emergency Medical Services   (United States)

^e WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

^f Scott Air Force Base   (United States)

Author keywords

Air ambulances; Emergency medical services; Military medicine; Patient transportation

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AIR FORCE; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; AIRPLANE CREW; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; SCREENING; SPACE FLIGHT; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIR AMBULANCES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745698583     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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