The UK helicopter ambulance tasking study

Injury

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-29

  Littlewood, Nicola ^a   Parker, Andrew ^b   Hearns, Stephen ^a   Corfield, Alasdair ^a  

^a ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AMBULANCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeromedical; Air ambulance; Dispatch; Emergency medical services

Indexed keywords

AIRPLANE CREW; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; AVIATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AIR AMBULANCES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 71649112247     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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