Emergency pre-hospital care of burn patients

Surgeon

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-104

  Muehlberger, Thomas ^a   Ottomann, Christian ^b   Toman, Nidal ^a   Daigeler, Adrien ^c   Lehnhardt, Marcus ^c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNFALLKRANKENHAUS BERLIN   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burns; Hypothermia; Pre hospital treatment; Trauma

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; BURN; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BODY TEMPERATURE; BURNS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA;

EID: 77949272697     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surge.2009.10.001     Document Type: Review

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