The effect of active warming in prehospital trauma care during road and air ambulance transportation - a clinical randomized trial

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Lundgren, Peter ^a   Henriksson, Otto ^a   Naredi, Peter ^a   Björnstig, Ulf ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Active warming; Body temperature regulation; Emergency medical services (EMS); Hypothermia; Passive warming; Prehospital trauma care; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; BED; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARMING;

ADULT; AIR AMBULANCES; AMBULANCES; BEDDING AND LINENS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REWARMING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 80054742923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-19-59     Document Type: Article

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