Use of prehospital-induced hypothermia after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A survey of the National Association of Emergency Medical Services Physicians

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-56

  Suffoletto, Brian P ^a   Salcido, David D ^a   Menegazzi, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mild hypothermia; Postresuscitation care; Prehospital cardiac arrest; Therapeutic hypothermia

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; PHYSICIAN EXECUTIVES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38149138712     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120701707880     Document Type: Review

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