"Code blue" in the air: Implications of rendering care during in-flight medical emergencies [6]

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 401-402

  Kuczkowski, Krzysztof M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; AIRPLANE CREW; ANESTHESIST; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEATH; DEFIBRILLATOR; DIZZINESS; EMERGENCY CARE; FATALITY; FIRST AID; FLIGHT; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; INTENSIVE CARE; LAW SUIT; LEGAL LIABILITY; LETTER; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SYNCOPE; TRAVEL;

EID: 34250183486     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03022669     Document Type: Letter

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