Military-civilian collaboration in trauma care and the senior visiting surgeon program

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 357, Issue 26, 2007, Pages 2723-2727

  Moore, Ernest E ^a   Knudson, M Margaret ^b   Schwab, C William ^c   Trunkey, Donald D ^d   Johannigman, Jay A ^e   Holcomb, John B ^f  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8 INHIBITOR; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 9 INHIBITOR; BLOOD CLOTTING INHIBITOR; NARCOTIC AGENT; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; SEDATIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFGHANISTAN; ARMY; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BURN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FIRST AID; FRACTURE FIXATION; HEALTH CARE; HEMOPHILIA; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; IRAQ; KIDNEY DISEASE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NURSE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SOCIAL WORKER; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOSIS; TRAUMA CARE; WAR;

EID: 37549053314     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsr073207     Document Type: Article

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