What to do if incompressible bleeding from a stab wound occurs in EMS and ER? Temporary control with a Foley catheter;Was tun bei nicht komprimierbaren stichkanalblutungen in rettungsdienst und notfallraum? Temporäre versorgung mittels blasenkatheter

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Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 898-900

  Doll, D ^a,b   Lenz, S ^a   Lieber, A ^a   Handke, T ^a   Stettbacher, A ^b   Glapa, M ^a   Dusel W ^a   Degiannis, E ^b  

^a Bundeswehrkrankenhaus   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Deep structure bleeding; Foley catheter; Foley tamponade; Stab neck wound; Temporary bleeding control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; COMPRESSION THERAPY; DEATH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; RESUSCITATION; STAB WOUND;

ADULT; BALLOON DILATATION; CRITICAL CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; RESUSCITATION; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 33750298558     PISSN: 01775537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00113-006-1096-3     Document Type: Article

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