Surgery under extreme conditions in the aftermath of the 2010 haiti earthquake: The importance of regional anesthesia

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 487-493

  Missair, Andres ^a   Gebhard, Ralf ^a   Pierre, Edgar ^a   Cooper, Lebron ^a   Lubarsky, David ^a   Frohock, Jeffery ^a   Pretto Jr , Ernesto A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

disaster; disaster medicine; earthquake; regional anesthesia; resuscitation; surgery; trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HAITI; HUMAN; INJURY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA;

ANESTHESIA, CONDUCTION; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HAITI; HUMANS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79952456331     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00008645     Document Type: Article

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