Prehospital burn management in a combat zone

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 273-276

  Lairet, Kimberly F ^a   Lairet, Julio R ^b   King, Booker T ^a   Renz, Evan M ^a   Blackbourne, Lorne H ^a  

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

^b SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn; Combat; Military; Prehospital; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BURN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; MORTALITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REGISTER; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAR;

ADULT; BURNS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PAIN MANAGEMENT; REGISTRIES; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857870354     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2011.640417     Document Type: Article

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