Prehospital emergency thoracotomy: when to do it?
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Emergency thoracotomy: "how to do it".
This paper describes a simple approach to emergency thoracotomy that can be used by a doctor in the prehospital environment and in the resuscitation room.
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عنوان ژورنال: Australasian Journal of Paramedicine
سال: 2009
ISSN: 2202-7270
DOI: 10.33151/ajp.7.4.179