Aeromedical evacuation using an aircraft transit isolator of a patient with lassa fever

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 527-530

  Lotz, Eric ^a   Raffin, Hervé ^a  

^a Medic'Air International   (France)

Author keywords

Air ambulance; Air transfer; High risk infectious disease; Isolation measures; Public health; Viral hemorrhagic fever

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; LASSA FEVER; PATIENT CARE; SIERRA LEONE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AIR AMBULANCES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASSA FEVER; PATIENT ISOLATION; PATIENT ISOLATORS; SIERRA LEONE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84862311648     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.3094.2012     Document Type: Article

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