Early access to patients with life-threatening cardiovascular disease by an air ambulance service

Journal of Nippon Medical School

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 352-356

  Imaizumi, Takahiro ^a   Hata, Noritake ^a   Kobayashi, Nobuaki ^a   Yokoyama, Shinya ^a   Shinada, Takuro ^a   Tokuyama, Kenichi ^a   Ishikawa, Masahiro ^a   Shiiba, Kunito ^a   Matsumoto, Hisashi ^a   Takuhiro, Kitoji ^a   Mashiko, Kunihiro ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air ambulance; Cardiovascular disease; Doctor helicopter; Emergency care; Ground ambulance

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONOLOGY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AIR AMBULANCES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PHYSICIANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 7944219815     PISSN: 13454676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1272/jnms.71.352     Document Type: Article

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