Original contributionRural interhospital helicopter transport of motor vehicle trauma victims: Causes for delays and recommendations
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Presented at the University Association for Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting in Kansas City, Missouri, May 1985; and the International Aeromedical Symposium in Zurich, Switzerland, September 1985.