Efficacy of tourniquets exposed to the Afghanistan combat environment stored in individual first aid kits versus on the exterior of plate carriers

Military Medicine

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 334-337

  Weppner, Justin ^a   Lang, Michael ^a   Sunday, Robert ^a   Debiasse, Nicholas ^a  

^a 6th Marines Battalion Aid Station ^*  (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FIRST AID; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; TOURNIQUET; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WAR; YOUNG ADULT; COMPLICATION; DEVICES; HEMORRHAGE; UTILIZATION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; FIRST AID; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOURNIQUETS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875462589     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00454     Document Type: Article

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