En-route care capability from point of injury impacts mortality after severe wartime injury

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 330-334

  Morrison, Jonathan J ^a,b   Oh, John ^c   Dubose, Joseph J ^d   O'Reilly, David J ^b   Russell, Robert J ^b   Blackbourne, Lorne H ^a   Midwinter, Mark J ^b   Rasmussen, Todd E ^a,e,f  

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

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Landstuhl Regional Medical Centre   (Germany)

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

^e Science and Technology Section ^*  (United States)

^f UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

casualty evacuation; combat injury; medical evacuation; trauma; wartime injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED MEDICAL RETRIEVAL; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL MILITARY RETRIEVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POINT OF INJURY EN ROUTE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PATIENT TRANSFER; THORACIC INJURIES; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872303486     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31827eefcf     Document Type: Article

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