Basic life support in microgravity: Evaluation of a novel method during parabolic flight

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 506-510

  Evetts, Simon N ^a   Evetts, Lisa M ^a   Russomano, Thais ^a   Castro, João C ^a   Ernsting, John ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest in space; CPR in microgravity; Medical emergency in space; Parabolic flight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIATION; BASIC LIFE SUPPORT; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FLIGHT; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; LUNG VENTILATION; MEASUREMENT; MICROGRAVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESUSCITATION; TECHNIQUE;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; MANNED; PARABOLIC FLIGHT; SHORT DURATION;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; HUMANS; MANIKINS; PILOT PROJECTS; SPACE FLIGHT; TIDAL VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 18244395082     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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