Management of in-flight medical emergencies

Anesthesiology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 749-755

  Ruskin, Keith J ^a   Hernandez, Keith A ^b   Barash, Paul G ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ATROPINE; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; GLUCOSE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LIDOCAINE;

AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT; AIRPLANE CREW; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; BANDAGE; CYST RUPTURE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FLIGHT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOXIA; LUNG BULLA; MEDICAL CARE; NOTE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 41149128172     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e31816725bc     Document Type: Note

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