Drowning: Guidelines extant, evidence-based risk for rescuers?

Resuscitation

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Tipton, Mike ^a   Golden, Frank ^a   Morgan, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b GLOUCESTERSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DROWNING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; LETTER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; SWEDEN; WATER TEMPERATURE;

DROWNING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FIREFIGHTERS; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 84873416750     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.08.339     Document Type: Letter

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