The hartford consensus on active shooters: Implementing the continuum of prehospital trauma response

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 878-885

  Pons, Peter T ^a,b   Jerome, Jesse ^b   McMullen, Jeffrey ^b   Manson, James ^b   Robinson, James ^b   Chapleau, Will ^a,c  

^a PreHospital Trauma Life Support   (United States)

^b DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

Author keywords

active shooter; casualty care; EMS; external hemorrhage; extremity hemorrhage; Hartford Consensus; law enforcement; prehospital trauma care; tactical care; tactical casualty care; tactical emergency casualty care; tourniquets

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; PATIENT CARE; POLICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SKILL; SURVIVAL RATE; CONSENSUS; DISASTER PLANNING; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FIREARM; HEMORRHAGE; STANDARDS; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

CONSENSUS; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FIREARMS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; TRAUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 84947566880     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2015.09.013     Document Type: Article

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