Effect of vacuum spine board immobilization on incidence of pressure ulcers during evacuation of military casualties from theater

Spine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1801-1808

  Mok, James M ^a   Jackson, Keith L ^b   Fang, Raymond ^c   Freedman, Brett A ^d  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EISENHOWER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c R ADAMS COWLEY SHOCK TRAUMA CENTER   (United States)

^d LANDSTUHL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Combat; Military medicine; Spinal cord injury; Spinal immobilization; Transport

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE;

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARMY; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BUTTOCK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECUBITUS; DETERIORATION; DORSAL ROOT; FEMALE; FLIGHT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INJURY SCALE; IRAQ; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACRUM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE BOARD; SPINE INJURY; SPINE MALFORMATION; VACUUM SPINE BOARD; WOUND CARE;

COMBAT; MILITARY MEDICINE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL IMMOBILIZATION; TRANSPORT;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PRESSURE ULCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VACUUM;

EID: 84889660615     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2013.05.028     Document Type: Article

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