Resuscitation
Volume 80, Issue 11 , Pages 1270-1274 , November 2009

Role of resuscitative emergency field thoracotomy in the Japanese helicopter emergency medical service system

  • Hisashi Matsumoto

      Affiliations

    • Shock and Trauma Center, Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Shock and Trauma Center, Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Kamakari 1715, Inba, Chiba Pref., 270-1964, Japan. Tel.: +81 476 99 1111; fax: +81 476 99 1904.
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  • Kunihiro Mashiko

      Affiliations

    • Shock and Trauma Center, Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Japan
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  • Yoshiaki Hara

      Affiliations

    • Shock and Trauma Center, Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Japan
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  • Noriyoshi Kutsukata

      Affiliations

    • Shock and Trauma Center, Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Japan
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  • Yuichiro Sakamoto

      Affiliations

    • Shock and Trauma Center, Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Japan
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  • Kenkichi Takei

      Affiliations

    • Shock and Trauma Center, Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Japan
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  • Katsuhiro Kanemaru

      Affiliations

    • Shock and Trauma Center, Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Japan
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  • Yoshiteru Tomita

      Affiliations

    • Shock and Trauma Center, Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Japan
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  • Nobuyuki Saito

      Affiliations

    • Shock and Trauma Center, Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Japan
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  • Takanori Yagi

      Affiliations

    • Shock and Trauma Center, Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Japan
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  • Shinichiro Tetsu

      Affiliations

    • Shock and Trauma Center, Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Japan
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  • Hiroaki Iida

      Affiliations

    • Shock and Trauma Center, Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Japan
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  • Yukiko Masuda

      Affiliations

    • Shock and Trauma Center, Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Japan
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  • Hiroyuki Koami

      Affiliations

    • Shock and Trauma Center, Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Nippon Medical School, Japan
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  • Hiroyuki Yokota

      Affiliations

    • Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Japan

Received 8 January 2009 ,Revised 17 June 2009 ,Accepted 8 August 2009.

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☆ A Spanish translated version of the summary of this article appears as Appendix in the online version at doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.08.010.

PII: S0300-9572(09)00430-4

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.08.010

Resuscitation
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