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Carried Off the Road

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What to do if an emergency treatment is necessary, but one is not quite sure yet? And one does not know whether it really offers an optimal treatment condition for the intended transport? This case provides answers to these questions.

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  1. EURAC Research, Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine, Bozen, Italy

    Hermann Brugger

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  1. Klinik für Anästhesie, Medizin Campus Bodensee, Friedrichshafen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

    Volker Wenzel

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Brugger, H. (2023). Carried Off the Road. In: Wenzel, V. (eds) Case Studies in Emergency Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-67249-5_41

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