Environmental temperature stress on drugs in prehospital emergency medical service

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 425-429

  Helm, Matthias ^a   Castner, Th ^a   Lampl, L ^a  

^a BUNDESWEHRKRANKENHAUS ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambulance; Drugs; Emergency medical service (EMS); Environmental temperature stress; Rescue helicopter; Thermal loading

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; DRUG STORAGE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GERMANY; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SUMMER; WINTER;

AIR AMBULANCES; AMBULANCES; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037391092     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2003.00062.x     Document Type: Article

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