The hartford consensus: THREAT, a medical disaster preparedness concept

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 217, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 947-953

  Jacobs, Lenworth M ^a   Wade, David S ^b   McSwain, Norman E ^c   Butler, Frank K ^d   Fabbri, William P ^b   Eastman, Alexander L ^e   Rotondo, Michael ^f   Sinclair, John ^g   Burns, Karyl J ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Department of Defense Joint Trauma System ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Kittitas Valley Fire and Rescue   (United States)

^h HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Abbreviations and Acronyms; ACS COT; Advanced Trauma Life Support; American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma; ATLS; Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care; CoTCCC; emergency medical services; EMS; Military Prehospital Trauma Life Support; MPHTLS; PHTLS; Prehospital Trauma Life Support; Tactical Combat Casualty Care; TCCC; THREAT; Threat suppression, Hemorrhage control, Rapid Extrication to safety, Assessment by medical providers, and Transport to definitive care

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BLEEDING; CONSENSUS; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIRE PROTECTION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; IRAQ; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LIFE THREAT; MASS DISASTER; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MILITARY MEDICINE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOCK; TOURNIQUET; UNITED STATES; WAR; WEAPON;

ACS/COT; ADVANCED TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORT; AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS COMMITTEE ON TRAUMA; ATLS; COMMITTEE ON TACTICAL COMBAT CASUALTY CARE; COTCCC; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMS; MILITARY PREHOSPITAL TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORT; MPHTLS; PHTLS; PREHOSPITAL TRAUMA LIFE SUPPORT; TACTICAL COMBAT CASUALTY CARE; TCCC; THREAT; THREAT SUPPRESSION, HEMORRHAGE CONTROL, RAPID EXTRICATION TO SAFETY, ASSESSMENT BY MEDICAL PROVIDERS, AND TRANSPORT TO DEFINITIVE CARE;

DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84887463210     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.07.002     Document Type: Article

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