Heat stroke: Helping patients keep their cool

Nurse Practitioner

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 48-52

  Mattis, Joseph G ^a   Yates, Adam M ^b  

^a Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b MERCY HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Thermoregulation; Heat related illness; Hyperthermia; Management of heat stroke

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEAT STROKE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEAT STROKE; HUMANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS;

EID: 80051720523     PISSN: 03611817     EISSN: 15388662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000396476.99238.39     Document Type: Article

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