Outcomes of medical emergencies on commercial airline flights

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 2075-2083

  Peterson, Drew C ^a   Martin Gill, Christian ^a   Guyette, Francis X ^a   Tobias, Adam Z ^a   McCarthy, Catherine E ^a   Harrington, Scott T ^a   Delbridge, Theodore R ^b   Yealy, Donald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; OXYGEN; SALBUTAMOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; DEATH; DEFIBRILLATION; EMERGENCY CALL SYSTEM; EMERGENCY CARE; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART ARREST; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESYNCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; VOMITING;

EID: 84878346063     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1212052     Document Type: Article

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