Trained lay first responders reduce trauma mortality: A controlled study of rural trauma in Iraq

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 533-539

  Murad, Mudhafar Karim ^a   Husum, Hans ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

first aid; first responder; Iraq; landmine; prehospital; rural trauma; trauma system; war

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; CHILD; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; IRAQ; MALE; MORTALITY; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; RURAL POPULATION; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; BLAST INJURIES; CHILD; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952476329     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00008724     Document Type: Article

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