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Evaluating new types of tourniquets by the Israeli Naval special warfare unit

BACKGROUND: Extremity injuries, which accounts for 20% of all battlefield injuries, result in 7-9% of deaths during military activity. Silicone tourniquets were used, by the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) soldiers, for upper extremity and calf injuries, while thigh injuries were treated by an improvise...

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Autores principales: Heldenberg, Eitan, Aharony, Shahar, Wolf, Tamir, Vishne, Tali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5327874/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28265416
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2054-314X-1-1