Revolutionary Advances in the Management of Traumatic Wounds in the Emergency Department During the Last 40 Years: Part I

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-50

  Edlich, Richard F ^a   Rodeheaver, George T ^a   Thacker, John G ^b   Lin, Kant Y ^a   Drake, David B ^a   Mason, Shelley S ^c   Wack, Courtney A ^c   Chase, Margot E ^c   Tribble, Curt ^d   Long III, William B ^c   Vissers, Robert J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c LEGACY EMANUEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Legacy Emmanuel Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

antibiotics; aseptic technique; hair removal; life threatening trauma; local anesthesia; open wound management; trauma wound repair

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEBRIDEMENT; EMERGENCY WARD; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING;

ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DISINFECTION; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 74249099061     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.09.029     Document Type: Article

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