Feasibility of pulse oximetry in the initial prehospital management of victims of drowning: A preliminary study

Resuscitation

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1235-1238

  Montenij, Leonard J ^a   De Vries, Wiebe ^b   Schwarte, Lothar ^c   Bierens, Joost J L M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Education and Development ^*  (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Drowning; Oxygen; Pulse oximetry

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DROWNING; EMERGENCY CARE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; WATER IMMERSION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DROWNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REFERENCE VALUES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TEMPERATURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961128982     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.04.019     Document Type: Article

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