title: Appropriate use of helicopters to transport trauma patients from incident scene to hospital in the United Kingdom: an algorithm.
abstract: A simple algorithm has been produced to assist front line ground ambulance personnel, air ambulance crews, and immediate care doctors attending trauma patients in selecting the most appropriate mode of transport from the incident scene to hospital.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Department, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK. john.black@orh.nhs.uk <john.black@orh.nhs.uk>
authors.forename: J J M
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Black
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Lockey
mesh_terms: D017732:Air Ambulances; D000465:Algorithms; D003657:Decision Making; D004777:Environment; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D014218:Triage / Q000379:methods; D006113:United Kingdom; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy*