A case of hypothermic cardiac arrest treated with an external chest compression device (LUCAS) during transport to re-warming

Resuscitation

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 139-141

  Holmström, Peter ^a   Boyd, James ^a   Sorsa, Marko ^b   Kuisma, Markku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Helsinki City Rescue Department   (Finland)

Author keywords

Active compression decompression; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Emergency medical services; Hypothermia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CORE TEMPERATURE; DEVICE; EXTERNAL CHEST COMPRESSION DEVICE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; WARMING;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ARREST; HEART MASSAGE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REWARMING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 25844483676     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2005.04.013     Document Type: Article

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