Drowning, hypothermia and cardiac arrest: An 18-year-old woman with an automated external defibrillator recording

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1-3

  Claret, Pierre Géraud ^a   Bobbia, Xavier ^a   Dingemans, Geoffroy ^a   Onde, Olivier ^a   Sebbane, Mustapha ^b   De La Coussaye, Jean Emmanuel ^a  

^a NÎMES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

drowning; EMS; hypothermia; prehospital; resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; CONVALESCENCE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DROWNING; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REMISSION; RESUSCITATION;

ADOLESCENT; DEFIBRILLATORS; DROWNING; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 84895854303     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X13008649     Document Type: Article

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