Surviving two hours of ventricular fibrillation in accidental hypothermia

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 446-449

  Nordberg, Per ^a   Ivert, Torbjörn ^a,b   Dalén, Magnus ^a,b   Forsberg, Sune ^a   Hedman, Anders ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accidental hypothermia; Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Emergency transport; Extracorporeal circulation; Ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVOR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; WARMING;

ACCIDENTS; ADULT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; REWARMING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84902971371     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2014.891066     Document Type: Conference Paper

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