First aid knowledge of alpine mountaineers

Resuscitation

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 159-169

  Kuepper, Thomas ^a,b   Wermelskirchen, D ^c   Beeker, Th ^c   Reisten, O ^c,d   Waanders, R ^e  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Center for Travel Medicine   (Germany)

^c Red Cross Backcountry Rescue Team   (Germany)

^d KLINIKUM LEVERKUSEN   (Germany)

^e Rehab Research SMO   (Austria)

Author keywords

Basic life support; Education; Mountaineering; Safety; Training; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOUNTAINEERING; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0142011639     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(03)00122-9     Document Type: Article

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