Physical strain on advanced life support providers in different out of hospital environments

Resuscitation

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-86

  Havel, Christof ^a   Herkner, Harald ^a   Haugk, Moritz ^a   Richling, Nina ^a   Riedmuller, Eva ^a   Trimmel, Helmut ^b   Malzer, Reinhard ^c   Sterz, Fritz ^a   Schreiber, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b General Hospital Wiener Neustadt   (Austria)

^c Vienna Ambulance Service   (Austria)

Author keywords

Air ambulances; Ambulance; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); Emergency medical services; Physical strain; Transport

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; AIR AMBULANCES; AMBULANCES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; EXERTION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 39749116096     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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