Triage in military settings

Anaesthesia Critical Care and Pain Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 43-51

  Falzone, E ^a   Pasquier, P ^a,b   Hoffmann, C ^a   Barbier, O ^b,c   Boutonnet, M ^a   Salvadori, A ^d   Jarrassier, A ^d   Renner, J ^d   Malgras, B ^b,c   Merat S ^e  

^a Percy Military Teaching Hospital   (France)

^b 14th Airborne forward surgical team ^*  (France)

^c Bégin military teaching hospital   (France)

^d French Military Health Service Academy   (France)

^e CENTRE CHIRURGICAL MARIE LANNELONGUE   (France)

Author keywords

Combat casualty; Damage control; Echography; Massive transfusion; Trauma; Triage

Indexed keywords

BATTLE INJURY; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MASSIVE TRANSFUSION; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOCK; SHORT SURVEY; SOLDIER; TRANSFUSION; TRAUMATIC SHOCK; WARFARE; ALGORITHM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; MILITARY MEDICINE; PROCEDURES;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; TRIAGE; WARFARE;

EID: 85002497942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23525568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.accpm.2016.05.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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