Clinical review: Critical care transport and austere critical care

Critical Care

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Rice, David H ^a   Kotti, George ^a   Beninati, William ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDOTE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; INOTROPIC AGENT; MISCELLANEOUS DRUGS AND AGENTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMORBIDITY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISASTER; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WOUND INFECTION; APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MILITARY MEDICINE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; WAR;

AIR AMBULANCES; CRITICAL CARE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; NATURAL DISASTERS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; WAR;

EID: 54049153637     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc6782     Document Type: Review

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