Impact of combat events on first responders: Experiences of the armed conflict in Uruzgan, Afghanistan

Injury

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 863-869

  Hoencamp, Rigo ^a   Idenburg, Floris J ^b   Vermetten, Eric ^a   Tan, Edward ^c   Plat, Marie Christine ^d   Hoencamp, Erik ^a   Leenen, Luke P H ^e   Hamming, Jaap F ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Expert Centre Force Health Protection Ministry of Defense   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Combat; Dutch Armed Forces; Post traumatic stress disorder; Pre hospital care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARMY; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BATTLE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; MALE; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POST DEPLOYMENT REINTEGRATION SCALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SKILL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WAR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY MEDICINE; NETHERLANDS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRIAGE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84920054107     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2014.12.012     Document Type: Article

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