Human factors in decision making in major trauma in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 262-268

  Arul, G Suren ^a   Pugh, H E J ^b   Mercer, S J ^c   Midwinter, M J ^d  

^a 212 Field Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b 16 Medical Regiment ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Battlefield injuries; Blast injuries; Gunshot wounds; Landmines; Military; Trauma; War

Indexed keywords

AFGHANISTAN; BLAST INJURIES; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WAR; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; AFGHANISTAN; BLAST INJURIES; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 84929833336     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588414X14055925060875     Document Type: Article

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