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Air Ambulances

Fixed-wing aircraft or helicopters equipped for air transport of patients.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Fixed-wing aircraft or helicopters equipped for air transport of patients.

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Synonyms

11 entry terms
  • Ambulances, Air
  • Air Ambulance
  • Ambulance, Air
  • Emergency Helicopters
  • Helicopter Ambulances
  • Ambulance, Helicopter
  • Ambulances, Helicopter
  • Emergency Helicopter
  • Helicopter Ambulance
  • Helicopter, Emergency
  • Helicopters, Emergency

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Aspects Covered

9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution.

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Indexing Annotation

airplanes & helicopters

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History Note

94

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Previous Indexing

  • Aircraft (1966-1993)
  • Ambulances (1966-1993)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. J01.937w.285w.100w.100w
  2. N02.421.297w.879w.100w.100w

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NLM Classification

WX 216

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Air Ambulances. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017732. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017732
  2. Air Ambulances. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_medical_services
  3. Air Ambulances. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q763256