Extreme, expedition, and wilderness medicine

The Lancet

Volumn 386, Issue 10012, 2015, Pages 2520-2525

  Imray, Christopher H E ^a   Grocott, Michael P W ^b,c,d   Wilson, Mark H ^e,f   Hughes, Amy ^g   Auerbach, Paul S ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^h STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORE TEMPERATURE; DIVING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEAT STROKE; HELICOPTER; HOSPITAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHYDRATION; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WILDERNESS MEDICINE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; RECREATION; TRAVEL;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EXPEDITIONS; HUMANS; RECREATION; TRAVEL; WILDERNESS MEDICINE;

EID: 84956947068     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)01165-4     Document Type: Review

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