A 6-year analysis of German emergency medical services helicopter crashes

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 204-210

  Hinkelbein, Jochen ^a   Dambier, Michael ^b   Viergutz, Tim ^a   Genzwürker, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Institute Springe   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accident; Air rescue; Aviation; Crash; HEMS; Rescue helicopter

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; FATALITY; GERMANY; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERNET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; AIR AMBULANCES; AIRCRAFT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GERMANY; HUMANS; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 38149046558     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000239256.28393.e2     Document Type: Article

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