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Drop, Cover, and Hold On versus Fetal Position in the Triangle of Life to Survive in an Earthquake: A Delphi Study.

Mustafa Ferudun CelikmenSarper YilmazAli Cankut TatliparmakFigen Ünal Çolak
Published in: Prehospital and disaster medicine (2023)
According to this expert consensus, the Fetal Position in the Triangle of Life has the following advantages over Drop, Cover, and Hold On: reduced surface area, less crush injuries, protection of a larger body part from injury, better protection from hypothermia, and better maintenance of basal metabolism.
Keyphrases
  • cardiac arrest
  • brain injury