Early management of proximal traumatic lower extremity amputation and pelvic injury caused by improvised explosive devices (IEDs)

Injury

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 976-979

  Jansen, J O ^a   Thomas, G O R ^a   Adams, S A ^a   Tai, N R M ^a,b   Russell, R ^c   Morrison, J ^b   Clasper, J ^b   Midwinter, M ^b  

^a 16 Medical Regiment ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Academic Department of Military Surgery and Trauma   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amputation; Military; Pelvic fracture; Resuscitation; Trauma

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; EXPLOSIVE; GLUCOSE; HEMOSTATIC AGENT; INSULIN;

ABOVE KNEE AMPUTATION; AFGHANISTAN; ARMY; BANDAGE; BATTLE INJURY; BED; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; COLOSTOMY; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; CRYSTALLOID; DEBRIDEMENT; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOTHERMIA; IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE; INTRAOSSEUS DEVICE; LAPAROTOMY; LEG AMPUTATION; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS INJURY; PENIS INJURY; PERFUSION; PERINEUM INJURY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SCROTUM INJURY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SUPRAPUBIC CATHETERIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOURNIQUET; URETHRA INJURY; VASCULAR ACCESS; WARMING MATTRESS; WEAPON;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; BLAST INJURIES; BOMBS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RESUSCITATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862905330     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2011.08.027     Document Type: Editorial

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