Critical Care Air Support Teams and deployed intensive care.
The evacuation of injured patients by air has been going on in one form or another for nearly 100 years. This paper presents some of the history behind Aeromedical Evacuation (AE), the current situation and looks to the future of this vital component in the chain of care from point of wounding to rehabilitation.
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Leeds Teaching Hospitals.
Ruth
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Tipping
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D017732:Air Ambulances / Q000266:history*; D003422:Critical Care / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom