Medically appropriate use of helicopter EMS: The mission acceptance/triage process

Air Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-54

  Petrie, David A ^a   Tallon, John M ^a   Crowell, Wilma ^b   Cain, Ed ^c   Martell, Paula ^c   McManus, Dagmar ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Emergency Health Services LifeFlight   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

AIR AMBULANCES; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; NOVA SCOTIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIAGE;

EID: 33845929618     PISSN: 1067991X     EISSN: 15326497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amj.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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