Learning the lessons from conflict: Pre-hospital cervical spine stabilisation following ballistic neck trauma

Injury

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1342-1345

  Ramasamy, Arul ^a   Midwinter, Mark ^a   Mahoney, Peter ^a   Clasper, Jon ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical immobilisation; Explosion injuries; Gunshot wounds; Penetrating neck trauma; Spinal cord injury; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARMY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPLOSION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INJURY SEVERITY; IRAQ; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; NECK INJURY; NERVE INJURY; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AFGHANISTAN; BLAST INJURIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NECK INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TERRORISM; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 70449534775     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.06.168     Document Type: Article

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