Lightning injuries: Prevention and on-site treatment in mountains and remote areas: Official guidelines of the International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine and the Medical Commission of the International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (ICAR and UIAA MEDCOM)

Resuscitation

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 369-372

  Zafren, Ken ^a,b   Durrer, Bruno ^c   Herry, Jean Pierre ^d   Brugger, Hermann ^e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^c Medical Commission of the International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation   (Switzerland)

^d Ecole National de Ski et d'Alpinisme   (France)

^e International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); Emergency treatment; Lightning injury; Mountain rescue; Prevention; Respiratory arrest

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AIRWAY; BLUNT TRAUMA; BREATHING; CIRCULATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC INJURY; HAZARD; HELMET; HUMAN; MOUNTAINEERING; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREE; VICTIM;

EID: 20344390517     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2004.12.014     Document Type: Article

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