Effects of cardiopulmonary resuscitation at high altitudes on the physical condition of untrained and unacclimatized rescuers

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 161-164

  Narahara, Hajime ^a   Kimura, Masafumi ^a   Suto, Takashi ^a   Saito, Hiroyuki ^a   Tobe, Masaru ^a   Aso, Chizu ^a   Nishihara, Fumio ^a   Saito, Shigeru ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

alpine accidents; basic life support; high altitude; mountain rescue

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RESCUE WORK; RESUSCITATION;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EXERTION; RESCUE WORK;

EID: 84861751034     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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