Immediate application of improvised pelvic binder as first step in extended resuscitation from life-threatening hypovolaemic shock in conscious patients with unstable pelvic injuries

Injury

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 125-128

  Nunn, Timothy ^a   Cosker, T D A ^a   Bose, Deepa ^a   Pallister, Ian ^a  

^a MORRISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM FRACTURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; LIMB FRACTURE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PELVIC BINDER; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; X RAY FILM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FLUID THERAPY; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; PELVIC BONES; RESUSCITATION; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845695226     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2006.06.026     Document Type: Article

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