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Medical retrievals to tertiary referral centres in Sydney Volume 3 Issue 7

Michael Frommer, David Lyle, Kate Burgess, Anna-Louise Kenny, Ru Nguyen

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Michael Frommer

David Lyle

Kate Burgess

Anna-Louise Kenny

Ru Nguyen

Abstract

A medical retrieval is a mission in which a doctor (usually accompanied by a nurse or paramedical personnel) travels to a sick or injured patient and accompanies him or her to a hospital, stabilising and managing the patient at the retrieval site and en route.