Air Medical Journal
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 133-138 , May 2009

Defining and Developing a Specialty Stroke Transport Team

  • Elizabeth Ahl, RN, BSN

      Affiliations

    • Elizabeth Ahl, RN, BSN, and Roderick Wold, RN, ND, are flight nurses with Airlife Denver at the Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, CO.
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  • Roderick Wold, RN, ND

      Affiliations

    • Elizabeth Ahl, RN, BSN, and Roderick Wold, RN, ND, are flight nurses with Airlife Denver at the Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, CO.

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PII: S1067-991X(09)00039-X

doi: 10.1016/j.amj.2009.02.003

Air Medical Journal
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 133-138 , May 2009

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