Unintentional strangulation by a cervical collar after attempted suicide by hanging

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 532-

  Lemyze, Malcolm ^a   Palud, Aurore ^b   Favory, Raphael ^b   Mathieu, Daniel ^b  

^a Schaffner Hospital   (France)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL COLLAR; CLINICAL FEATURE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HANGING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRANGULATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; ASPHYXIA; DEVICE REMOVAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; NECK INJURIES; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 79956351758     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2010.106625     Document Type: Article

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