Use of unmanned aerial vehicles for medical product transport

Air Medical Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 104-108

  Thiels, Cornelius A ^a   Aho, Johnathon M ^a   Zietlow, Scott P ^a   Jenkins, Donald H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD DERIVATIVE; CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; DRUG;

AIRCRAFT; AIRPLANE CREW; ARMY; ARTICLE; AVIATION; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CRYOPRECIPITATE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISASTER; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; HELICOPTER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MASS DISASTER; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEDICAL PRODUCT TRANSPORT; MOTOR VEHICLE; NATURAL DISASTER; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TRAFFIC MEDICINE; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE; VASCULARIZATION; BLOOD; DEVICES; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH SERVICE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; RISK; SHIP; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; BLOOD; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RISK; SHIPS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84932613295     PISSN: 1067991X     EISSN: 15326497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amj.2014.10.011     Document Type: Review

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