Prehospital interventions performed in a combat zone: A prospective multicenter study of 1,003 combat wounded

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 2 SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Lairet, Julio R ^a,g   Bebarta, Vikhyat S ^a   Burns, Christopher J ^b   Lairet, Kimberly F ^c   Rasmussen, Todd E ^c   Renz, Evan M ^c   King, Booker T ^c   Fernandez, William ^d   Gerhardt, Robert ^c   Butler, Frank ^e   Dubose, Joseph ^f   Cestero, Ramon ^b   Salinas, Jose ^c   Torres, Pedro ^g   Minnick, Joanne ^g   Blackbourne, Lorne H ^c  

^a SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Navy Combat Casualty Care   (United States)

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

^d BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Tactical Combat Casualty Care Program   (United States)

^f R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

^g Enroute Care Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency medical services; Lifesaving intervention; prehospital; resuscitation; tactical combat casualty care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BATTLE INJURY; BLAST INJURY; BURN; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CONTROL; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESUSCITATION; TOURNIQUET; TRACHEOTOMY; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84864624817     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182606022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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