Pre-hospital torso-warming modalities for severe hypothermia: A comparative study using a human model

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 378-386

  Hultzer, Michele V ^a,b   Xu, Xiaojiang ^b   Marrao, Claudia ^b   Bristow, Gerald ^b   Chochinov, Alex ^a   Giesbrecht, Gordon G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

Afterdrop; Cold exposure; Core temperature; EMS care; Hypothermia; Shivering heat production; Wilderness medicine

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; PETHIDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOLING; CORE TEMPERATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; HYPOTHERMIA; IMMERSION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RURAL AREA; SHIVERING; THERMOGENESIS; THORAX; TRUNK; WARMING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 29844444189     PISSN: 14818035     EISSN: 14818035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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