Resuscitation of drowning victims in south-east Scotland

Resuscitation

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 101-104

  Wyatt, J P ^a   Tomlinson, G S ^b   Busuttil, A ^b  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Near drowning; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH; DROWNING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEAR DROWNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DROWNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033158178     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(99)00043-X     Document Type: Article

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