The introduction of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to aeromedical evacuation

Military Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 932-937

  Allan, Patrick F ^a   Osborn, Erik C ^b   Bloom, Brian B ^a   Wanek, Sandra ^b   Cannon, Jeremy W ^c  

^a WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

^b LANDSTUHL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^c BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MILITARY MEDICINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOLDIER;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; AIR AMBULANCES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL;

EID: 80051614897     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00294     Document Type: Article

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