A Balanced Approach to Tourniquet Use: Lessons Learned and Relearned

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 106-115

  Welling, David R ^a   Burris, David G ^a   Hutton, John E ^a   Minken, Stanley L ^a   Rich, Norman M ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; HISTORY; HUMAN; IRAQ; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MILITARY MEDICINE; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RED CROSS; TOURNIQUET; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIET NAM; WAR;

HEMORRHAGE; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; TOURNIQUETS; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33745194338     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2006.02.034     Document Type: Article

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