Primary trauma care experience of army reserve combat medics: Is a new approach needed?

Military Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 48-50

  Ben Abraham, Ron ^a   Paret, Gideon ^b   Kluger, Yoram ^b   Shemer, Joshua ^b   Stein, Michael ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; FATALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY SERVICE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SKILL; VICTIM;

EID: 0344958886     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/164.1.48     Document Type: Article

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