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Preliminary Reports

Air Transport of Patients with Unstable Aortic Aneurysms Directly into Operating Rooms

, MD, , MD, MPH, , RN, EMT-P, MPH & , MD
Pages 337-342 | Received 15 May 2006, Accepted 15 Mar 2007, Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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