Prehospital care of the patient with major trauma

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 953-974

  Fowler, Raymond ^a   Pepe, Paul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLOTHING; FLUID THERAPY; HEAD INJURY; HEART ARREST; HEART OUTPUT; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; INJURY; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SHOCK;

EID: 0036857157     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8627(02)00038-X     Document Type: Review

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