Chest decompression during the resuscitation of patients in prehospital traumatic cardiac arrest

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 738-740

  Mistry, N ^a   Bleetman, A ^b   Roberts, K J ^c  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b County Air Ambulance and Heart of England NHS Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c WALSGRAVE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; HEART ARREST; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESUSCITATION; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX INJURY;

AIR AMBULANCES; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; OBSERVATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 70349326717     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.065599     Document Type: Article

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