Long-range rescue helicopter missions in the arctic

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 158-163

  Haagensen, Rolf ^a   Sjøborg, Karl Åke ^a   Rossing, Anders ^b   Ingilæ, Henry ^b   Markengbakken, Lars ^b   Steen, Peter Andreas ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Norway)

^b Luftkrigsskolen   (Norway)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

air ambulances; air force arctic; emergency medicine; fishing; helicopters; Norway; search and rescue; team; tourism

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DISASTER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIRE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; INJURY; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; NORWAY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SEA; SHIP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WEATHER;

ACCIDENTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR AMBULANCES; ARCTIC REGIONS; CLIMATE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FIRES; FISHERIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NORWAY; OCEANS AND SEAS; RESCUE WORK; SHIPS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 7944222874     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00001679     Document Type: Article

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