Battle casualty survival with emergency tourniquet use to stop limb bleeding

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 590-597

  Kragh Jr , John F ^a   Littrel, Michelle L ^b   Jones, John A ^a   Walters, Thomas J ^a   Baer, David G ^a   Wade, Charles E ^a   Holcomb, John B ^a,b  

^a US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

hemorrhage control; limb injury; major; military; tourniquet; trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB BLEEDING; LIMB INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SHOCK; SURVIVAL RATE; TOURNIQUET;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IRAQ; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOURNIQUETS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83655183749     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.07.022     Document Type: Article

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