The origins of casualty evacuation and echelons of care: Lessons learned from the American Civil War

International Journal of Trauma Nursing

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-9

  Blansfield, Joseph S ^a,b,c  

^a US Army Reserve   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY NURSING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; SOLDIER; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WAR;

AMBULANCES; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY NURSING; MILITARY PERSONNEL; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WAR;

EID: 0032605007     PISSN: 10754210     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1075-4210(99)90076-7     Document Type: Article

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