Pre-hospital thoracotomy: A radical resuscitation intervention come of age?

Resuscitation

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 394-395

  Lockey, D J ^a   Davies, G ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEART ARREST; HEART RHYTHM; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; STAB WOUND; SURVIVAL; THORACOTOMY; THORAX INJURY;

EID: 35748948941     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2007.06.014     Document Type: Note

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