A brief history of the tourniquet

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 286-290

  Welling, David R ^a   McKay, Patricia L ^a   Rasmussen, Todd E ^a,b   Rich, Norman M ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPRESSION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLDIER; TOURNIQUET; TRAINING; VASCULAR SURGERY; VIGNETTE; WOUND;

EID: 83755219550     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2011.10.085     Document Type: Article

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