Military medical revolution: Deployed hospital and en route care

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 6 SUPPL. 5, 2012, Pages

  Blackbourne, Lorne H ^a   Baer, David G ^a   Eastridge, Brian J ^a   Renz, Evan M ^a   Chung, Kevin K ^a   Dubose, Joseph ^e   Wenke, Joseph C ^a   Cap, Andrew P ^a   Biever, Kimberlie A ^a   Mabry, Robert L ^a   Bailey, Jeffrey ^a   Maani, Christopher V ^a   Bebarta, Vikhyat ^b   Rasmussen, Todd E ^a   Fang, Raymond ^f   Morrison, Jonathan ^g   Midwinter, Mark J ^g   Cestero, Ramón F ^c   Holcomb, John B ^d  

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

^b BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Fort Sam Houston   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f LANDSTUHL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^g QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

BATTLE INJURY; BLAST INJURY; BURN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; MILITARY MEDICINE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; THROMBOELASTOMETRY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; VASCULAR SURGERY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FIELD HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED STATES; WAR;

EID: 84871190329     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182754900     Document Type: Review

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