Clinical update: Suspension trauma

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-171

  Pasquier, Mathieu ^a   Yersin, Bertrand ^a   Vallotton, Laurent ^a   Carron, Pierre Nicolas ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

harness; orthostatic intolerance; orthostatic syndrome; suspension trauma

Indexed keywords

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FALLING; HUMAN; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; SYNCOPE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SYNCOPE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 79958772106     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2010.12.006     Document Type: Review

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