Triage of mass casualties in war conditions: Realities and lessons learned

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1433-1438

  Rigal, Sylvain ^a,b,c   Pons, François ^a,b  

^a PERCY MILITARY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b French Military Medical Academy   (France)

^c Service de Chirurgie Orthopédique Traumatologie et Chirurgie Réparatrice des Membres   (France)

Author keywords

Mass casualties; Triage; Waiting period; War

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHAD; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LIMB INJURY; MALE; MASS DISASTER; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RWANDA; THORAX INJURY; WAR;

ADULT; CHAD; CHILD; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; LEARNING; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; MILITARY MEDICINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RWANDA; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; TRIAGE; WAR;

EID: 84881255004     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-013-1961-y     Document Type: Article

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