The experience of the US Marine Corps' surgical shock trauma platoon with 417 operative combat casualties during a 12 month period of operation Iraqi freedom

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1155-1161

  Chambers, Lowell W ^a   Green, D J ^b   Gillingham, Bruce L ^c   Sample, Kenneth ^d   Rhee, Peter ^b   Brown, Carlos ^b   Brethauer, Stacy ^c   Nelson, Thomas ^a   Narine, Nalan ^a   Baker, Bruce ^a   Bohman, H R ^a,b  

^a Department of Surgery   (United States)

^b Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; DISEASE SEVERITY; E-MAIL; IRAQ; MILITARY MEDICINE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOLDIER; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL RATE; BLOOD BANK; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NOTE; SURGICAL WARD; WOUND DRESSING;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PACKAGED; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES; WAR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33745271413     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000220340.91356.7e     Document Type: Article

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