The rate of cooling during avalanche burial; a "core" issue

Resuscitation

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 956-957

  Radwin, Martin I ^a   Grissom, Colin K ^b   Giesbrecht, Gordon ^c  

^a Granger Medical Clinic   (United States)

^b INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EMERGENCY CARE; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SKIING; SPORT INJURY; TYMPANIC TEMPERATURE; WARMING;

ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING;

EID: 67649933353     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.04.047     Document Type: Letter

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