Experience with Chitosan Dressings in a Civilian EMS System

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-7

  Brown, Mark A ^a   Daya, Mohamud R ^a,b   Worley, Joseph A ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue   (United States)

Author keywords

bandage; chitosan; EMS; external hemorrhage; hemostasis

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; BLEEDING; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GAUZE DRESSING; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEMORRHAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANDAGES; CHITOSAN; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67249113485     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.05.043     Document Type: Article

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