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

INTRODUCTION: Exsanguination following trauma is potentially preventable. Extremity tourniquets have been successfully implemented in military and civilian prehospital care. Prehospital control of bleeding from the torso and junctional area’s remains challenging but offers a great potential to impro...

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Autores principales: van Oostendorp, S. E., Tan, E. C. T. H., Geeraedts, L. M. G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
Materias:
Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5022193/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27623805
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13049-016-0301-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5022193/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27623805
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13049-016-0301-9

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