Characteristics and outcomes of patients with cardiac conditions requiring emergency medical retrieval from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
A high proportion of patients retrieved to Cairns Hospital from the Great Barrier Reef were diagnosed with a primary cardiac condition. This data may assist tourism operators, retrieval organisations and health services to plan for, and respond to, cardiac events among visitors to the reef.
Authors
- Rob Mitchell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6422-3348)
- T. Sklavos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3829-8095)
- Katrina Starmer
- Robert T. Harvey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5487-8108)
- G. Starmer
- John O’Neill
- Tim Cahill
Institutions
- Cairns Hospital (AU)
- St. Marien Hospital (DE)
- Alfred Health (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
- James Cook University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Rural and Remote Health
- Published
- 2024-10-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.22605/rrh8233
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00