Early management of the severely injured major trauma patient

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 234-241

  McCullough, A L ^a   Haycock, J C ^a   Forward, D P ^a   Moran, C G ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Patient care; Resuscitation; Teams; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

TRANEXAMIC ACID;

BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BREATHING; CERVICAL SPINE; CIRCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJURY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT CARE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; TEAMWORK;

PATIENT CARE; RESUSCITATION; TEAMS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; BLOOD CIRCULATION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE TEAM; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RESPIRATION; RESUSCITATION; SPINAL INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84905642016     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeu235     Document Type: Review

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