Spinal injuries in Scottish mountaineers

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 191-194

  Hearns, Stephen T ^a   Fraser, Matthew H ^b   Allan, David B ^b   McLean, Alan N ^b  

^a ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mountaineer; Pre hospital; Remote medicine; Rescue; Spinal injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROCK CLIMBING; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VERTEBRA DISLOCATION; WALKING; WINTER;

EID: 33750315803     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/PR17-03     Document Type: Article

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