Civilian and military trauma: Does civilian training prepare surgeons for the battlefield?

American Surgeon

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-21

  Truitt, Michael S ^a   Johnson, Van ^a   Rivera, Manuel ^a   Mangram, Alicia ^a   Lorenzo, Manuel ^a   Dunn, Ernest ^a  

^a METHODIST HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE;

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ARMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MILITARY SERVICE; PELVIS INJURY; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; TERRORISM; THORAX INJURY; URBAN AREA;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 78651354270     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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