Modelling optimal location for pre-hospital helicopter emergency medical services
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Modelling optimal location for pre-hospital helicopter emergency medical services
BACKGROUND Increasing the range and scope of early activation/auto launch helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) may alleviate unnecessary injury mortality that disproportionately affects rural populations. To date, attempts to develop a quantitative framework for the optimal location of HEMS facilities have been absent. METHODS Our analysis used five years of critical care data from te...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Emergency Medicine
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1471-227X
DOI: 10.1186/1471-227x-9-6