Communication errors in dispatch of air medical transport

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-43

  Vilensky, Daniel ^a   MacDonald, Russell D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Ornge Transport Medicine   (Canada)

Author keywords

air ambulance; communication; dispatch; error; safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649495980     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2011.519817     Document Type: Article

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