Effect of the rural rescue system on reducing the mortality rate of landmine victims: A prospective study in Ilam Province, Iran

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 126-129

  Saghafinia, Masoud ^a   Nafissi, Nahid ^b   Asadollahi, Reza ^b  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Iranian Mine Victim Rescue Center (IMC)   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; landmine; prehospital physiologic severity; prehospital trauma system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; IRAN; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESCUE WORK; RURAL POPULATION; WAR;

BLAST INJURIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HUMANS; IRAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESCUE WORK; RURAL POPULATION; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WAR;

EID: 68549135278     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00006671     Document Type: Article

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