Air ambulance services in the Arctic 1999-2009: a Norwegian study
Open Access
- 1 January 2011
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in International Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Vol. 4 (1), 1
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1865-1380-1-1
Abstract
Air ambulance services in the Arctic have to deal with remote locations, long distances, rough weather conditions and seasonable darkness. Despite these challenges, the people living in the area expect a high quality of specialist health care.Keywords
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