Environmental emergencies.
This article reviews the pearls and pitfalls of high-altitude sickness, decompression sickness, and barotrauma; new findings relevant to the near-drowning patient; continued controversies on hyperbaric oxygen for carbon monoxide poisoning; pitfalls in hypothermia management; and updates on the management of venomous snakebites.
Braun
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Department of Emergency Medicine, Highland General Hospital, Oakland, California, USA.
Krishel
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D000532:Altitude Sickness / Q000628:therapy; D002249:Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Q000628:therapy; D003665:Decompression Sickness / Q000628:therapy; D004630:Emergencies; D004635:Emergency Medicine; D019550:Environmental Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000628:therapy; D015701:Near Drowning / Q000628:therapy; D012909:Snake Bites / Q000628:therapy