Helicopter rescue operations involving winching of an emergency physician

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1377-1380

  Pasquier, M ^a,b   Geiser, V ^a   De Riedmatten, M ^b   Carron, P N ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Air Glaciers   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Air ambulance; Aircraft; Emergency medical services; Mountaineering; Rescue work; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; ATROPINE; DROPERIDOL; EPHEDRINE; ETOMIDATE; FENTANYL; GLUCOSE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; KETAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE; ROCURONIUM; ROPIVACAINE; SUXAMETHONIUM; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR CONDITIONING; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLD INJURY; DRUG INFUSION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES EDUCATION; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FALLING; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEAD INJURY; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESCUE WORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE INJURY; SPORT INJURY; SWITZERLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR AMBULANCES; ANALGESIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PHYSICIANS; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864281946     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2011.06.196     Document Type: Article

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