Prehospital use of ketamine in mountain rescue

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 760-761

  Ellerton, J ^a   Paal, P ^b   Brugger, H ^c,d  

^a Penrith Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d ICAR MEDCOM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM;

EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LETTER; MOUNTAIN RESCUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE WORK; SEDATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

CHILD; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; KETAMINE; MOUNTAINEERING;

EID: 70349313511     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.072561     Document Type: Letter

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