Advanced life support in the wilderness: 5-year experience of the Reach and Treat team

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 208-215

  Schmidt, Terri A ^a,b   Federiuk, Carol S ^a   Zechnich, Andrew ^a   Forsythe, Markus ^c   Christie, Michael ^b   Andrews, Christopher ^d  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b American Medical Response Northwest   (United States)

^c Southwest Washington Medical Center   (United States)

^d St Vincent Hosp and Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency medical services; emergency medical technician; search and rescue; wilderness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 0029834435     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(1996)007[0208:ALSITW]2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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