Pre-hospital core temperature measurement in accidental and therapeutic hypothermia

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 104-111

  Strapazzon, Giacomo ^a   Procter, Emily ^a   Paal, Peter ^b   Brugger, Hermann ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

accidental hypothermia; core temperature measurement; pre hospital triage treatment and transport decisions; therapeutic hypothermia; thermometer

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL HYPOTHERMIA; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CORE TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEVICES; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THERMOMETER; THERMOMETRY;

BODY TEMPERATURE; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THERMOMETERS; THERMOMETRY; TRIAGE;

EID: 84903582923     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: 15578682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2014.1008     Document Type: Article

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