Air Medical Journal
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 160-166 , July 2008

Critical Burn Patient with an Unknown Neuromuscular Disease: Conclusion

  • William A. Knight IV, MD

      Affiliations

    • William A. Knight IV, MD, is a flight physician with Air Care and Mobile Care at University Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he is also an emergency physician and an assistant professor of emergency medicine.
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  • Matthew Gunderman, RN, BSN, CEN, EMT-P

      Affiliations

    • Matthew Gunderman, RN, BSN, CEN, EMT-P, is a flight nurse with Air Care and Mobile Care and an adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati (RWC) and director of a non-profit education consortium for emergency department nurses in Cincinnati.
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  • William R. Hinckley, MD, FACEP

      Affiliations

    • William R. Hinckley, MD, FACEP, is a flight physician and medical director (air) at Air Care and Mobile Care and an emergency physician and assistant professor of emergency medicine.

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 David W. Ross, DO, FACEP, Carol Wichman, BSN, MSN, and Mike MacKinnon, BSN, CCRN, CFRN, are section editors. They can be reached at DRDR0682@aol.com.

PII: S1067-991X(08)00054-0

doi: 10.1016/j.amj.2008.03.007

Air Medical Journal
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 160-166 , July 2008

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