RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Medicine in the heart of the Antarctic: 1908–2001
JF Emergency Medicine Journal
JO Emerg Med J
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
SP 314
OP 317
DO 10.1136/emj.19.4.314
VO 19
IS 4
A1 H R Guly
YR 2002
UL http://emj.bmj.com/content/19/4/314.abstract
AB Prehospital care in the United Kingdom rarely lasts more than a few hours other than in exceptional circumstances (for example, mountain and cave rescue, oil rigs). In other parts of the world hospitals may be much more distant and in expeditions to remote areas, prehospital care may extend to days or even weeks. When this occurs, the boundaries between primary care and prehospital care blur.