A torso model comparison of temperature preservation devices for use in the prehospital environment

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 418-422

  Zasa, Michele ^a,b   Flowers, Neil ^a   Zideman, David ^a   Hodgetts, Timothy J ^a   Harris, Tim ^a,c  

^a EAST ANGLIAN AIR AMBULANCE   (United Kingdom)

^b World Motorbike Championships (MotoGP and WSBK) Medical Division   (Italy)

^c BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE BLANKET; ARTICLE; BLIZZARD BLANKET; BUBBLE WRAP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HYPOTHERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READY-HEAT II BLANKET; SPACE BLANKET; TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT DEVICE; TEMPERATURE PRESERVATION DEVICE; TRUNK; BED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMAN; MANIKIN; THERMOREGULATION;

BEDDING AND LINENS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MANIKINS;

EID: 84958613197     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2015-204769     Document Type: Article

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