HEMS: Luxury or necessity?

Air Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 256-258

  Judge, Thomas ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HELICOPTER; IMMIGRATION; INFECTION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; REIMBURSEMENT; RURAL AREA; SAFETY; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URBAN AREA;

AIR AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 35649012584     PISSN: 1067991X     EISSN: 15326497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amj.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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