Therapeutic hypothermia following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; does it start in the emergency department?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 948-949

  Galloway, R ^a   Sherren, P B ^b  

^a KENT AND SUSSEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE MONITORING; CONSULTATION; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY DELAY;

DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; OUT-OF-HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 78649839450     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.089086     Document Type: Article

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