Prehospital emergency inguinal clamp controls hemorrhage in cadaver model

Military Medicine

Volumn 178, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 799-805

  Kragh, John F ^a   Murphy, Christopher ^b   Steinbaugh, John ^c   Dubick, Michael A ^a   Baer, David G ^a   Johnson, James E ^d   Henkel, Craig K ^d   Blackbourne, Lorne H ^a  

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

^b CombatMedical Systems LLC (CMS) ^*  (United States)

^c Medical Combat Developer   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD PRESSURE; CADAVER; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CADAVER; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879718656     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00495     Document Type: Article

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