The role of physician staffing of helicopter emergency medical services in prehospital trauma response

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 318-323

  Garner, Alan A ^a,b  

^a NRMA CareFlight   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Doctor; Helicopter; Physician; Prehospital; Trauma

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID;

AIRWAY; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FACE MASK; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; INJURY; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL STAFF; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; TEAMWORK;

EID: 4143150606     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2004.00636.x     Document Type: Article

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