Critical Care Transport of Patients Who Have Acute Neurological Emergencies

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-26

  Uren, Bradley ^a   Lowell, Mark J ^a   Silbergleit, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulance; Brain injury; Critical care; Helicopter; Stroke; Transport

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ATRACURIUM; CISATRACURIUM; DIAZEPAM; FENTANYL; HYDROMORPHONE; LABETALOL; LORAZEPAM; MORPHINE; NICARDIPINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PANCURONIUM; PROPOFOL; SHORT ACTING DRUG; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; VECURONIUM;

AMBULANCE; ANALGESIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COMATOSE PATIENT; COST; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; EPILEPTIC STATE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART ARREST; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTENSION; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; PARALYSIS; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STROKE; SURVIVOR; TIME; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 59749101307     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2008.09.001     Document Type: Review

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