Femur fracture immobilization with traction splints in multisystem trauma patients

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 241-243

  Wood, Stephen P ^a,d   Vrahas, Mark ^b   Wedel, Suzanne K ^a,c  

^a Boston MedFlight   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Air Force Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Femur; Immobilization; Splints; Traction; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; HUMAN; KNEE INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PATELLA FRACTURE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PELVIS INJURY; SPLINT; TIBIA FRACTURE; TRACTION THERAPY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

EID: 0347298817     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903120390936860     Document Type: Article

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