Safety and Appropriateness of Tourniquets in 105 Civilians

Prehospital Emergency Care

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 712-722

  Scerbo, Michelle H ^a,b   Mumm, Jacob P ^b,c   Gates, Keith ^b,d   Love, Joseph D ^b   Wade, Charles E ^a,b   Holcomb, John B ^a,b   Cotton, Bryan A ^a,b  

^a Center for Translational Injury Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL HERMANN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

civilian; extremity hemorrhage; Tourniquet; trauma, safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE DEVICE EFFECT; BLEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURIES; INJURY; LIMB; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOURNIQUET; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOURNIQUETS; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84973124300     PISSN: 10903127     EISSN: 15450066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10903127.2016.1182606     Document Type: Article

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