Flicker illness: An underrecognized but preventable complication of helicopter transport

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-88

  Cushman, Jeremy T ^a   Floccare, Douglas J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM;

ADULT; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPILEPSY; FLICKER ILLNESS; HEADACHE; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHOTOSENSITIVE EPILEPSY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; REFLEX EPILEPSY; SEIZURE; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SUNLIGHT;

ADULT; AIR AMBULANCES; EPILEPSY, REFLEX; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33845726459     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120601021457     Document Type: Conference Paper

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