Re-evaluating the field tourniquet for the Canadian forces

Military Medicine

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 669-675

  Savage, Erin ^a   Pannell, Dylan ^a,b   Payne, Elspeth ^a   O'Leary, Terrance ^a   Tien, Col Homer ^a,b  

^a Canadian Forces Health Services   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOLDIER; TEACHING; TOURNIQUET; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SIMULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOURNIQUETS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878873348     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-13-00007     Document Type: Article

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