The primary aim of this study was to establish whether there is a positive correlation between scoop and outside temperatures when this equipment is stored without vehicle heating..
A literature review of the CINAHL, Medline and Cochrane databases was carried out using the keywords ‘burn*’ AND ‘cooling’ OR ‘hypothermia’ OR ‘airway’ OR ‘inhalation’ AND ‘emergency’. The results...
The prehospital clinician is often the first to manage a patient with a reduced temperature as a result of loss in circulatory volume caused by trauma so has an important early role in the management...
Although the patient's airway is patent on arrival, it is important to anticipate difficulties should the patient's condition deteriorate. A patient that is supine on a backboard is vulnerable should...
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