Air Medical Journal
Volume 27, Issue 3 , Pages 118-122 , May 2008

Pediatric Heatstroke

  • Christopher Wagner, RN, BSN, CFRN, EMT-P

      Affiliations

    • Christopher Wagner, RN, BSN, CFRN, EMT-P, is the section editor of Pediatric Perspective, the trauma program manager at University of Michigan Medical Center, and a flight nurse specialist with Survival Flight in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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  • Kathy Boyd, RN, MSN, ACNP-BC, CEN

      Affiliations

    • Kathy Boyd, RN, MSN, ACNP-BC, CEN, is an acute care nurse practitioner and a pediatric core nurse in the pediatric emergency department at the University of Michigan Medical Center.

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PII: S1067-991X(08)00051-5

doi: 10.1016/j.amj.2008.03.004

Air Medical Journal
Volume 27, Issue 3 , Pages 118-122 , May 2008

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