Tactical combat casualty care in the assault on Punta Paitilla Airfield
| Autor: | Craig H. Llewellyn, John M. Wightman, James J. Mucciarone |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Warfare Panama Hemorrhage Military medicine Interviews as Topic medicine Humans Military Medicine Emergency Treatment Just cause Tropical Climate business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine Combat casualty Tourniquets medicine.disease United States Navy Internal hemorrhage Military Personnel Transportation of Patients Practice Guidelines as Topic Wounds Gunshot Medical emergency Analgesia business |
| Zdroj: | Military medicine. 171(8) |
| ISSN: | 0026-4075 |
| Popis: | Casualties incurred during the assault on Punta Paitilla Airfield during Operation Just Cause were evaluated through reviews of records and interviews with the participants. There were eight initial casualties. One-half of all subsequent casualties were wounded trying to move to these men while still under effective hostile fire. Consistent with other studies, the most common cause of death was internal hemorrhage; the second most common was catastrophic brain injury. Rapid control of external exsanguination was the technique most likely to prevent death. Tourniquets were applied to three lower extremities for two casualties, without sequelae. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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