When a hero becomes a patient: Firefighter burn injuries in the national burn repository

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 147-151

  Matt, Sarah E ^a,b   Shupp, Jeffery W ^a,b   Carter, Elizabeth A ^c   Flanagan, Katherine E ^a,b   Jordan, Marion H ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDSTAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FIRE; FIRE FIGHTER; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG BURN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BURN UNITS; BURNS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FIREFIGHTERS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONS; PATIENTS; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855780530     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e31823dea3c     Document Type: Article

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