Lessons from combat care helped save lives and limbs after Boston bombing, reports ( Wolters Kluwer Health ) Collaboration across surgical specialties and lessons from combat casualty care -- especially the use of tourniquets and other effective strategies to control bleeding -- helped mount an effective surgical response to aid victims of the Boston Marathon bombings, according to a special editorial in the July issue of The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, which is led by ...
July 30, 2013 - EurekAlert!
Lessons from Combat Care Helped Save Lives and Limbs after Boston Bombing, Reports The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery Collaboration across surgical specialties and lessons from combat casualty care--especially the use of tourniquets and other effective strategies to control bleeding--helped mount an effective surgical response to aid victims of the Boston Marathon bombings, according to a special editorial in the July issue of The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, which is led by Editor-in-Chief Mutaz B. Habal ...
July 30, 2013 - Newswise