Combat Casualty Care in an Air Force Theater Hospital: Perspectives of Recently Deployed Cardiothoracic Surgeons

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 78-84

  McNeil, Jeffrey D ^a   Pratt, Jerry W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b KEESLER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiothoracic; military; thoracic; trauma; war

Indexed keywords

AIR FORCE; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BLAST INJURY; BLEEDING; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOPRECIPITATE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELICOPTER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; IRAQ; LUNG CONTUSION; MILITARY MEDICINE; MORTALITY; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STERNOTOMY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; THORACOTOMY; THORAX INJURY; THORAX SURGERY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; IRAQ; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; THORACIC INJURIES; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 41949140775     PISSN: 10430679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2007.11.006     Document Type: Article

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