First aid and public access defibrillation in mountain huts: The Mountain Huts Initiative of the bergamo section of the Club Alpino Italiano

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 379-381

  Barcella, Luca ^a   Agazzi, Giancelso ^a   Malgrati, Daniele ^a   Sileo, Fulvio ^a   Calderoli, Alessandro ^a   Rottoli, Elena ^a   Valoti, Oliviero ^a   Parigi, Gian Battista ^a  

^a Bergamo Section of the Club Alpino Italiano Locatelli   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVERSION; DEFIBRILLATOR; EDUCATION; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; ITALY; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; MOUNTAINEERING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; WILDERNESS MEDICINE;

DEFIBRILLATORS; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FIRST AID; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; ITALY; MOUNTAINEERING; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; WILDERNESS MEDICINE;

EID: 78650323426     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2010.08.015     Document Type: Letter

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