Physicians and lay people are unable to apply pressure immobilization properly in a simulated snakebite scenario

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-21

  Norris, Robert L ^a,c   Ngo, Jessica ^b   Nolan, Karen ^a   Hooker, Giles ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Pressure immobilization; Snakebite; Venom

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; BANDAGES AND DRESSINGS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LEG; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRESSURE; SIMULATION; SNAKEBITE; SPLINT; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 15744361801     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/PR12-04.1     Document Type: Article

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