Prehospital use of hemostatic dressings by the Israel Defense Forces Medical Corps: A case series of 122 patients

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2015, Pages S204-S209

  Shina, Avi ^a   Lipsky, Ari M ^a,b   Nadler, Roy ^a   Levi, Moran ^a   Benov, Avi ^a   Ran, Yuval ^a   Yitzhak, Avraham ^b,c   Glassberg, Elon ^a  

^a MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^b Department of Emergency Medicine ^*  (Israel)

^c US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Extremity hemorrhage; Hemostatic dressing; Junctional hemorrhage; Prehospital care; QuikClot Combat Gauze

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BANDAGES AND DRESSINGS; BLEEDING; BLUNT TRAUMA; BUTTOCK; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FEMALE; HEMOSTATIC DRESSING; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NECK; PELVIS; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; THORAX; BANDAGE; HEMORRHAGE; ISRAEL; MILITARY MEDICINE; REGISTER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

HEMOSTATIC AGENT;

BANDAGES; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; REGISTRIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953344102     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000720     Document Type: Article

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