Care in the air: Bringing the wounded closer to home

Plastic Surgical Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 165-168

  Cornelius, Melinda ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MILITARY NURSING; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PLASTIC SURGERY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WAR;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIR AMBULANCES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MILITARY NURSING; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE'S ROLE; SURGERY, PLASTIC; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349758492     PISSN: 07415206     EISSN: 15501841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSN.0b013e3181b3e9eb     Document Type: Article

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