Subterranean medicine: An inquiry into underground medical treatment protocols in cave rescue situations in national parks in the United States

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-20

  Hooker, Kit ^a,b   Shalit, Marc ^a  

^a Emergency Department ^*

^b Emergency Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Caves; Medical protocols; National parks; Spelunking

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; DISASTER; INJURY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESCUE PERSONNEL; STATISTICS;

EID: 0034065932     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(2000)011[0017:SMAIIU]2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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