HEMS in the Nordics-Future research needs high standards

Stephen Sollid^{1

2}, Johannes Björkman³, Markku Kuisma³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Research, Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation, Oslo, Norway.
² Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway.
³ Emergency Medicine and Services, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

Editorial

Stephen Sollid et al. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2024 Nov.

. 2024 Nov;68(10):1289-1290.

doi: 10.1111/aas.14524. Epub 2024 Oct 1.

Stephen Sollid^{1

2}, Johannes Björkman³, Markku Kuisma³

¹ Department of Research, Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation, Oslo, Norway.
² Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway.
³ Emergency Medicine and Services, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

No abstract available

Keywords: HEMS; Nordics; future.

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