A.T.L.S. on the ski slopes--a steamboat experience.
The Steamboat Mountain Ski Patrol incorporates local emergency physicians and a visiting trauma surgeon as a second-tier response to life-threatening mountain events. The case of a 48-year-old man surviving a potentially lethal postinjury tension pneumothorax and a review of the 1989-1990 major trauma experience on this ski mountain underscores the value of this concept.
Wilkinson
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Department of Emergency Medicine, Routt Memorial Hospital, Denver, CO.
Moore
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Wither
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Johnston
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Bookman
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Vorster
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003120:Colorado; D004630:Emergencies; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D012865:Skiing / Q000293:injuries*