Boston bombings: A surgical view of lessons learned from combat casualty care and the applicability to Boston's terrorist attack

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1061-1067

  Caterson, E J ^a   Carty, Matthew J ^a   Weaver, Michael J ^a   Holt, Eric F ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

boston bomb attack; combat casualty care; limb salvage; mass casualty; Plastic surgery; teamwork; terrorism; tourniquet

Indexed keywords

BLAST INJURIES; BLOOD CLOTTING; BOMB; COOPERATION; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INJURIES; LIMB; LIMB SALVAGE; MASS DISASTER; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROCEDURES; TERRORISM; TOURNIQUET; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGERY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

BLAST INJURIES; BLOOD COAGULATION; BOMBS; BOSTON; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH PLANNING; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LIMB SALVAGE; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TERRORISM; TOURNIQUETS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84880911425     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: 15363732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e31829ff967     Document Type: Review

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