Closing the "care in the air" capability gap for severe lung injury: The landstuhl acute lung rescue team and extracorporeal lung support

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Fang, Raymond ^a   Allan, Patrick F ^b   Womble, Shannon G ^a   Porter, Morris T ^a   Sierra Nunez, Johana ^a   Russ, Richard S ^a   Dorlac, Gina R ^c   Benson, Clayne ^a   Oh, John S ^a   Wanek, Sandra M ^a   Osborn, Erik C ^d   Silvey, Stephen V ^a   Dorlac, Warren C ^c  

^a LANDSTUHL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^b WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Aeromedical evacuation; Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; High frequency ventilation; Military medicine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DILATION AND EVACUATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; GERMANY; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MILITARY MEDICINE; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS;

EID: 79960432598     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182218f97     Document Type: Article

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