Reduction in critical mortality in urban mass casualty incidents: analysis of triage, surge, and resource use after the London bombings on July 7, 2005

Lancet

Volumn 368, Issue 9554, 2006, Pages 2219-2225

  Aylwin, Christopher J ^a   König, Thomas C ^a   Brennan, Nora W ^a   Shirley, Peter J ^a   Davies, Gareth ^a   Walsh, Michael S ^a   Brohi, Karim ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERRORISM; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

EID: 33845655265     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69896-6     Document Type: Article

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