Assessing air medical crew real-time readiness to perform critical tasks

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 254-260

  Braude, Darren ^a   Goldsmith, Timothy ^a   Weiss, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

air medical; cognitive readiness; flight crew; injury prevention; psychological testing; safety; SYNWIN

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIR AMBULANCES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; NEW MEXICO; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79952257901     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2010.545476     Document Type: Article

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