Mechanical chest compressions in an avalanche victim with cardiac arrest: An option for extreme mountain rescue operations

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 190-193

  Pietsch, Urs ^a   Lischke, Volker ^b   Pietsch, Christine ^c   Kopp, Karl Heinz ^d  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b Hochtaunus Kliniken   (Germany)

^c SCHWARZWALD BAAR KLINIKUM   (Germany)

^d Air Zermatt Basis ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

accidental hypothermia; avalanche; helicopter emergency medical service; mechanical chest compression device; organ donation; out of hospital resuscitation

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ANOXIA; AVALANCHE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INJURIES; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESCUE WORK; RESUSCITATION; WILDERNESS MEDICINE;

AIRCRAFT; ANOXIA; AVALANCHES; BRAIN; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; RESCUE WORK; WILDERNESS MEDICINE;

EID: 84899524567     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2013.11.005     Document Type: Article

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