International Emergency Nursing
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 76-79 , April 2010

Occurrence of hypothermia in a prehospital setting, southern Sweden

  • Jonas Kornfält, BSc (RN, CRNA)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Falck Ambulance Ltd, Sweden
    • ,
  • Anders Johansson, PhD (RN, CCRN, CRNA)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Falck Ambulance Ltd, Sweden
    • Department of Prehospital Care and Disaster Medicine in Region of Skane, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Health Sciences, Lund Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, P.O. Box 157, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden.

Received 30 March 2009 ,Revised 16 June 2009 ,Accepted 22 June 2009.

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PII: S1755-599X(09)00050-0

doi: 10.1016/j.ienj.2009.06.001

International Emergency Nursing
Volume 18, Issue 2 , Pages 76-79 , April 2010

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