Tourniquet use in the civilian prehospital setting

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 584-587

  Lee, Caroline ^a   Porter, Keith M ^a   Hodgetts, Timothy J ^b  

^a Academic Department of Traumatology   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOSTATIC AGENT; KETAMINE; OPIATE;

APPLICATION SITE PAIN; BLEEDING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; COMPRESSION THERAPY; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LIMB INJURY; MEDLINE; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE INJURY; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PNEUMATIC TOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SKIN NECROSIS; TOURNIQUET; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CAREGIVERS; DEVICE REMOVAL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; TOURNIQUETS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 34547604524     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.046359     Document Type: Review

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