Fatal airway injuries during operation enduring freedom and operation iraqi freedom

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 272-277

  Mabry, Robert L ^a   Edens, Jason W ^b   Pearse, Lisa ^c   Kelly, Joseph F ^b   Harke, Howard ^c  

^a U S ARMY   (United States)

^b US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; Combat; Cricothyroidotomy; IraqWar; Operation Enduring Freedom; Operation Iraqi Freedom; Tactical

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; EXPLOSION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; IRAQ; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; SURVIVAL; WAR;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; AUTOPSY; EXPLOSIONS; HUMANS; IRAQ; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 77749297967     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903120903537205     Document Type: Article

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