Prehospital resuscitation of the buried avalanche victim

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 199-205

  Brugger, Hermann ^a   Paal, Peter ^b   Boyd, Jeff ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c Banff Mineral Springs Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

asphyxia; Avalanche; cardiac arrest; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; hypothermia; mountain rescue; snow

Indexed keywords

ASPHYXIA; AVALANCHE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMATOSE PATIENT; CORE TEMPERATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EUROPE; HEAT LOSS; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOXIA; INJURY; MORTALITY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NORTH AMERICA; OXYGENATION; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VICTIM;

ANOXIA; ASPHYXIA; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOTHERMIA; SNOW; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80053526200     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: 15578682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2011.1025     Document Type: Review

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