EMS helicopter crashes: what influences fatal outcome?

Susan P Baker; Jurek G Grabowski; Robert S Dodd; Dennis F Shanahan; Margaret W Lamb; Guohua H Li

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EMS helicopter crashes: what influences fatal outcome?

April 19, 2006

Baker SP, Grabowski JG, Dodd RS, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2006;47(4):351-356.

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The authors studied data on emergency medical service helicopter crashes and identified factors that contribute to deaths as well as ways to help prevent such outcomes.

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