Hypothermia Evidence, Afterdrop, and Practical Experience

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 437-439

  Brown, Douglas ^a   Ellerton, John ^b   Paal, Peter ^c   Boyd, Jeff ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR Medcom)   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d Banff Mineral Springs Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOTHERMIA; PROCEDURES; WILDERNESS MEDICINE;

HYPOTHERMIA; WILDERNESS MEDICINE;

EID: 84940719694     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2015.01.008     Document Type: Letter

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