Prehospital control of life-threatening truncal and junctional haemorrhage is the ultimate challenge in optimizing trauma care; a review of treatment options and their applicability in the civilian trauma setting

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  van Oostendorp, S E ^a   Tan, E C T H ^b,c   Geeraedts, L M G ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Royal Netherlands Army   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Exsanguination; Haemorrhage; Intervention; Junctional; Prehospital; Trauma; Truncal

Indexed keywords

COMPLICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; RESUSCITATION; TRAUMATOLOGY; TRENDS; TRUNK; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; RESUSCITATION; TORSO; TRAUMATOLOGY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84992108011     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13049-016-0301-9     Document Type: Review

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