Combat stress casualties in Iraq. Part 2: Psychiatric screening prior to aeromedical evacuation

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 159-168

  Peterson, Alan L ^a,b   Baker, Monty T ^b   McCarthy, Kelly R ^c  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeromedical staging facility; Military deployment; Psychiatric screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY NURSING; NURSE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REVIEW; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMBAT DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MILITARY NURSING; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MILITARY PSYCHIATRY; NURSE CLINICIANS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; TERRORISM; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47249121803     PISSN: 00315990     EISSN: 17446163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2008.00170.x     Document Type: Review

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