Ambulance and aeromedical accident rates during emergency retrieval in Great Britain

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 301-302

  Lutman, D ^a   Montgomery, M ^a   Ramnarayan, P ^a   Petros, A ^a  

^a Children's Acute Transport Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIR AMBULANCES; AMBULANCES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 43149110404     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.046557     Document Type: Article

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