Commercial aviation in-flight emergencies and the physician

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-8

  Cocks, Robert ^a   Liew, Michele ^a  

^a Aviation Medicine Office   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aviation; Defibrillator; Emergency; Equipment and supplies; Ethics; Medical

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE; SEDATIVE AGENT;

AIRCRAFT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR; AVIATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FLIGHT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL LIABILITY; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROLE PLAYING; SEDATION; VOLUNTEER;

AIRCRAFT; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MEDICINE CHESTS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; TRAVEL; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 33846781565     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2006.00928.x     Document Type: Review

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