The incidence and treatment of prehospital motion sickness

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 474-476

  Weichenthal, Lori ^a   Soliz, Tricia ^a  

^a University Medical Center Fresno   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulance transport; Droperidol; Motion sickness; Mountainous terrain

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; DROPERIDOL;

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOTION SICKNESS; MOUNTAINEERING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0142126235     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/312703002247     Document Type: Article

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