Hemostatic dressings in civil prehospital practice: 30 uses of QuikClot Combat Gauze

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 391-394

  Travers, Stéphane ^a   Lefort, Hugues ^a   Ramdani, Eric ^a   Lemoine, Sabine ^a   Jost, Daniel ^a   Bignand, Michel ^a   Tourtier, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a Fire Brigade of Paris   (France)

Author keywords

emergency medical services; hemorrhage; hemostatic dressing; wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ABSENCE OF COMPLICATIONS; ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GAUZE DRESSING; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESUSCITATION; SUICIDE; TOURNIQUET; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; BANDAGE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUE; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ADULT; BANDAGES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOURNIQUETS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84944338811     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000318     Document Type: Article

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