Emergency medical helicopter operations for avalanche accidents

Resuscitation

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 492-495

  Mair, Peter ^a,e   Frimmel, Christian ^a,b   Vergeiner, Gernot ^c   Hohlrieder, Matthias ^b,d   Moroder, Luca ^a   Hoesl, Peter ^f   Voelckel, Wolfgang ^b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Christophorus Emergency Medical Helicopter Service   (Austria)

^c Dispatch Center Tyrol   (Austria)

^d Academic Teaching Hospital Feldkirch   (Austria)

^e Austrian Mountain Rescue Service   (Austria)

^f SHS Emergency Medical Helicopter Service   (Austria)

^g Trauma Hospital Salzburg   (Austria)

Author keywords

Avalanche; Emergency medical helicopter; Rescue; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; AVALANCHE; BODY TEMPERATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HELICOPTER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE WORK; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADVANCED CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT; AIR AMBULANCES; AUSTRIA; AVALANCHES; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; RESCUE WORK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84875265382     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2012.09.010     Document Type: Article

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