Is air transport of stroke patients faster than ground transport? A prospective controlled observational study

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 268-272

  Hesselfeldt, Rasmus ^a   Gyllenborg, Jesper ^b   Steinmetz, Jacob ^c   Do, Hien Quoc ^a   Hejselbæk, Julie ^a   Rasmussen, Lars S ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b ROSKILDE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Helicopter Emergency Medical Service   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; AMBULANCE TRANSPORTATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIST; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANKIN SCALE; STROKE PATIENT; TELEPHONE; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME TO TREATMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR AMBULANCES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 84896095566     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2012-202270     Document Type: Article

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