Tactical medical skill requirements for law enforcement officers: A 10-year analysis of line-of-duty deaths

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 346-351

  Sztajnkrycer, Matthew D ^a,b,c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Rochester ECE Department   (United States)

^c RPD OCSO Emergency Response Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

assault; hemorrhage; law enforcement; prehospital; preventable death; Tactical Combat Casualty Care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POLICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 78049489305     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00008323     Document Type: Conference Paper

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