Does the horizontal position increase risk of rescue death following suspension trauma?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 896-898

  Thomassen, O ^a   Skaiaa, S C ^b   Brattebo, Guttorm ^a   Heltne, J K ^a   Dahlberg, T ^c   Sunde, G A ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Hemsedal Legekontor ^*  (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEATH; EMERGENCY CARE; FATALITY; HAZARD; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INJURY; INTERNET; LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RESCUE WORK; RISK;

EMERGENCIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; POSTURE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 72449162074     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.064931     Document Type: Article

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