Respiration during snow burial using an artificial air pocket

JAMA

Volumn 283, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 2266-2271

  Grissom, Colin K ^a,b   Radwin, Martin I ^b   Harmston, Chris H ^c   Hirshberg, Ellie L ^b   Crowley, Thomas J ^d  

^a LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c Black Diamond Equipment Ltd   (United States)

^d TJ Crowley Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNOW;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BREATHING; BREATHING RATE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISASTER; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PULSE OXIMETRY; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0034600228     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.283.17.2266     Document Type: Article

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