17 results on '"Butler, Frank K."'
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2. Stop the Bleed Ⓡ .
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Jacobs L, Keating JJ, Hunt RC, Butler FK, Pons PT, Gestring M, Bulger E, Eastman A, Kerby J, Hashmi Z, Fridling J, Inaba K, Matsushima K, Goralnick E, Melnitchouk N, and Welten V
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- Humans, Hemorrhage therapy, Tourniquets
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- 2022
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3. Tourniquets USA: A Review of the Current Literature for Commercially Available Alternative Tourniquets for Use in the Prehospital Civilian Environment.
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Martinson J, Park H, Butler FK Jr, Hammesfahr R, DuBose JJ, and Scalea TM
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- Humans, First Aid, Hemorrhage therapy, Tourniquets
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The American College of Surgeons' "Stop the Bleed" (STB) campaign emphasizes how to apply the Combat Application Tourniquet (CAT), a device adopted by the military to control extremity hemorrhage. However, multiple commercially available alternatives to the CAT exist, and it would be helpful for instructors to be knowledgeable about how these other models compare. A PubMed search from January 2012 to January 2020 cross-referenced with a Google search for "tourniquet" was performed for commercially available tourniquets that had been trialed against the CAT. Windlass-type models included the Special Operations Forces Tactical Tourniquet (SOFT-T), the SOFT-T Wide (SOFFT-W), the SAM-XT tourniquet, the Military Emergency Tourniquet (MET), and the Tactical Medical Tourniquet (TMT). Elastic-type tourniquets included were the Stretch, Wrap, And Tuck Tourniquet (SWAT-T), the Israeli Silicone Tourniquet (IST), and the Rapid Activation Tourniquet System (RATS). Ratchet-type tourniquets included were the Ratcheting Medical Tourniquet (RMT) and TX2/TX3 tourniquets, and pneumatic-type tourniquets were the Emergency and Military Tourniquet (EMT) and Tactical Pneumatic Tourniquet (TPT). This review aims to describe the literature surrounding these models so that instructors can help laypeople make more informed purchases, stop the bleed, and save a life., (2020.)
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- 2020
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4. 2019 Recommended Limb Tourniquets in Tactical Combat Casualty Care.
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Montgomery HR, Hammesfahr R, Fisher AD, Cain JS, Greydanus DJ, Butler FK Jr, Goolsby C, and Eastman AL
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- Humans, Extremities injuries, Hemorrhage therapy, Military Medicine, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Tourniquets
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Military and civilian trauma can be distinctly different but the leading cause of preventable trauma deaths in the prehospital environment, extremity hemorrhage, does not discriminate. The current paper is the most comprehensive review of limb tourniquets employable in the tactical combat casualty care environment and provides the first update to the CoTCCC-recommended limb tourniquets since 2005. This review also highlights the lack of unbiased data, official reporting mechanisms, and official studies with established criteria for evaluating tourniquets. Upon review of the data, the CoTCCC voted to update the recommendations in April 2019., (2019.)
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- 2019
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5. Junctional Hemorrhage Control for Tactical Combat Casualty Care.
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Kotwal RS and Butler FK Jr
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- Emergency Medicine methods, Humans, Hemorrhage prevention & control, Military Medicine methods, Tourniquets statistics & numerical data, Wilderness Medicine methods
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During historic, as well as more recent, conflicts, most combat casualties who die from their injuries do so in the prehospital setting. Although many of the injuries incurred by these casualties are nonsurvivable, a number of injuries are still potentially survivable. Of those injuries that are potentially survivable, the majority are truncal, junctional, and extremity hemorrhage. Novel and effective approaches directed toward prehospital hemorrhage control have emerged in recent years, some of which can prove useful in the management of junctional hemorrhage whether in a military or civilian setting. An initial comprehensive review of junctional tourniquets was conducted by the Department of Defense Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care in 2013. The objective of this article is to provide an updated review of junctional hemorrhage control efforts and devices as they apply primarily to military prehospital trauma management and Tactical Combat Casualty Care and to prompt further consideration and application of these devices in nonmilitary prehospital, austere, and wilderness environments. Four junctional tourniquets are currently cleared by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for junctional hemorrhage control, and 1 junctional tourniquet is also FDA-cleared for pelvic stabilization. As junctional hemorrhage control efforts progress, scientists need to continue to conduct research and clinicians need to continue to monitor the performance of junctional tourniquets, especially in conjunction with morbidity and mortality outcomes, for both military and civilian trauma patients., (Published by Elsevier Inc.)
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- 2017
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6. TCCC Updates: Two Decades of Saving Lives on the Battlefield: Tactical Combat Casualty Care Turns 20.
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Butler FK Jr
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- Emergency Medical Services history, Hemorrhage therapy, History, 20th Century, History, 21st Century, Humans, Military Medicine history, Resuscitation methods, Wounds and Injuries therapy, Airway Management methods, Emergency Medical Services methods, Fluid Therapy methods, Hemostatics therapeutic use, Military Medicine methods, Pain Management methods, Shock, Hemorrhagic therapy, Tourniquets, War-Related Injuries therapy
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Background: Twenty years ago, the original Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) article was published in this journal. Since TCCC is essentially a set of bestpractice prehospital trauma care guidelines customized for use on the battlefield, the presence of a journal with a specific focus on military medicine was a profound benefit to the initial presentation of TCCC to the US Military., Methods: In the two ensuing decades, which included the longest continuous period of armed conflict in our nation's history, TCCC steadily evolved as the prehospital trauma care evidence base was augmented and as feedback from user medics, corpsmen, and pararescuemen was obtained., Findings: TCCC has taken a leadership role in advocating for battlefield trauma care advances such as the aggressive use of tourniquets and hemostatic dressings to control lifethreatening external hemorrhage; improved fluid resuscitation techniques for casualties in hemorrhagic shock; increased emphasis on airway positioning and surgical airways to manage the traumatized airway; faster, safer, and more effective battlefield analgesia; the increased use of intraosseous vascular access when needed; battlefield antibiotics; and combining good medicine with good small-unit tactics. With the continuing assistance of Military Medicine, these advances and the evidence base that supports them have been presented to TCCC stakeholders. Discussion/Impact: Now-20 years later-TCCC has been documented to produce unprecedented decreases in preventable combat death in military units that have trained all of their members in TCCC. As a result of this proven success, TCCC has become the standard for battlefield trauma care in the US military and for the militaries of many of our allied nations. Committee on TCCC members and the Joint Trauma System also work closely with civilian trauma colleagues through initiatives such as the Hartford Consensus, the White House Stop the Bleed campaign, and the development of National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians TCCC-based courses to ensure that advances in prehospital trauma care pioneered by the military on the battlefield are translated into civilian practice on the streets of America. Active shooter incidents, terrorist bombings, and the day-today trauma that results from motor vehicle accidents and criminal violence create the potential for many additional lives to be saved in the civilian sector. Along with the other components of the Department of Defense's Joint Trauma System, the Committee on TCCC, and the TCCC Working Group have been recognized as a national resource and will continue to advocate for advances in best-practice battlefield trauma care as opportunities to improve are identified., (2017.)
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- 2017
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7. Hemorrhage Control Devices: Tourniquets and Hemostatic Dressings.
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Holcomb JB, Butler FK Jr, and Rhee P
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- Humans, Bandages, Hemorrhage prevention & control, Hemostatic Techniques instrumentation, Tourniquets
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- 2015
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8. Military History of Increasing Survival: The U.S. Military Experience with Tourniquets and Hemostatic Dressings in the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts.
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Butler FK Jr
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- Afghan Campaign 2001-, Bandages statistics & numerical data, Hemorrhage mortality, Hemostatic Techniques instrumentation, History, 21st Century, Humans, Iraq War, 2003-2011, Survival Rate trends, Tourniquets statistics & numerical data, United States, Bandages history, Hemorrhage prevention & control, Hemostatic Techniques history, Military Medicine history, Tourniquets history
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- 2015
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9. Military history of increasing survival: The U.S. military experience with tourniquets and hemostatic dressings in the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts.
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Butler FK
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- Afghanistan, History, 21st Century, Humans, Iraq, Iraq War, 2003-2011, Military Personnel, Survival, United States, Bandages history, Hemostatics history, Military Medicine history, Tourniquets history
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- 2015
10. Optimizing the Use of Limb Tourniquets in Tactical Combat Casualty Care: TCCC Guidelines Change 14-02.
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Shackelford SA, Butler FK Jr, Kragh JF Jr, Stevens RA, Seery JM, Parsons DL, Montgomery HR, Kotwal RS, Mabry RL, and Bailey JA
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- Emergency Medical Services methods, Humans, Time Factors, Warfare, Decision Support Systems, Clinical, Hemorrhage therapy, Military Medicine methods, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Tourniquets statistics & numerical data
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- 2015
11. An evidence-based prehospital guideline for external hemorrhage control: American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma.
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Bulger EM, Snyder D, Schoelles K, Gotschall C, Dawson D, Lang E, Sanddal ND, Butler FK, Fallat M, Taillac P, White L, Salomone JP, Seifarth W, Betzner MJ, Johannigman J, and McSwain N Jr
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- Administration, Topical, Emergency Medical Services methods, Extremities injuries, Hemorrhage mortality, Hemostatics standards, Humans, Limb Salvage methods, Military Medicine methods, Military Medicine standards, Shock prevention & control, Shock therapy, United States, Wounds and Injuries complications, Wounds and Injuries mortality, Wounds and Injuries therapy, Emergency Medical Services standards, Evidence-Based Medicine standards, Hemorrhage therapy, Hemostatics administration & dosage, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Tourniquets standards
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This report describes the development of an evidence-based guideline for external hemorrhage control in the prehospital setting. This project included a systematic review of the literature regarding the use of tourniquets and hemostatic agents for management of life-threatening extremity and junctional hemorrhage. Using the GRADE methodology to define the key clinical questions, an expert panel then reviewed the results of the literature review, established the quality of the evidence and made recommendations for EMS care. A clinical care guideline is proposed for adoption by EMS systems. Key words: tourniquet; hemostatic agents; external hemorrhage.
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- 2014
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12. Tragedy into drama: an american history of tourniquet use in the current war.
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Kragh JF Jr, Walters TJ, Westmoreland T, Miller RM, Mabry RL, Kotwal RS, Ritter BA, Hodge DC, Greydanus DJ, Cain JS, Parsons DL, Edgar EP, Harcke HT, Billings S, Dubick MA, Blackbourne LH, Montgomery HR, Holcomb JB, and Butler FK Jr
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- First Aid, Humans, Iraq War, 2003-2011, Survival Rate, United States, Warfare, Hemorrhage, Tourniquets
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Background: Although the scientific results of recent tourniquet advances in first aid are well recorded, the process by which tourniquet use advances were made is not. The purpose of the present report is to distill historical aspects of this tourniquet story during the current wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to aid scientists, leaders, and clinicians in the process of development of future improvements in first aid., Methods: The process of how developments of this tourniquet story happened recently is detailed chronologically and thematically in a ?who did what, when, where, why, and how? way., Results: Initially in these wars, tourniquets were used rarely or were used as a means of last resort. Such delay in tourniquet use was often lethal; subsequently, use was improved incrementally over time by many people at several organizations. Three sequential keys to success were (1) unlocking the impasse of enacting doctrinal ideas already approved, (2) reaching a critical density of both tourniquets and trained users on the battlefield, and (3) capturing their experience with tourniquets. Other keys included translating needs among stakeholders (such as casualties, combat medics, providers, trainers, and decision-makers) and problem-solving logistic snags and other issues. Eventually, refined care was shown to improve survival rates. From all medical interventions evidenced in the current wars, the tourniquet broke rank and moved to the forefront as the prehospital medical breakthrough of the war., Conclusion: The recorded process of how tourniquet developments in prehospital care occurred may be used as a reference for parallel efforts in first aid such as attempts to improve care for airway and breathing problems., (2013.)
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- 2013
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13. Tactical Combat Casualty Care
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Butler, Frank K., Jr., Kotwal, Russ S., Martin, Matthew J., editor, Beekley, Alec C., editor, and Eckert, Matthew J., editor
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- 2017
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14. Characteristics and Outcomes of Prehospital Tourniquet Use for Trauma in the United States.
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Hashmi, Zain G., Hu, Parker J., Jansen, Jan O., Butler, Frank K., Kerby, Jeffrey D., and Holcomb, John B.
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WOUND care ,TOURNIQUETS ,NOSOLOGY ,EXTREMITIES (Anatomy) ,PATIENTS ,TREATMENT effectiveness ,COMPARATIVE studies ,EMERGENCY medical services ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,SURVIVAL analysis (Biometry) ,PUBLIC hospitals ,SYSTEMATIZED Nomenclature of Medicine ,EMERGENCY medicine ,LONGITUDINAL method - Abstract
The use of the extremity tourniquet in military environments has reduced preventable deaths due to exsanguinating hemorrhage, leading to increased use in civilian settings. However, the outcomes of contemporary prehospital tourniquet use in civilian settings are not well-described nationally. The objective of this study was to describe the characteristics and outcomes following prehospital tourniquet use by emergency medical services (EMS) in the United States. All trauma activations reported to the National EMS Information System 2019 (NEMSIS) were included. Patients who had ≥1 tourniquet applied were identified. Descriptive analyses were used to compare characteristics between tourniquet and no-tourniquet cohorts. Coarsened exact matching was performed to generate a k2k match (on age, sex, lowest-systolic blood pressure, initial patient acuity, provider's initial impression, injury mechanism, and presence of upper/lower extremity injuries) and used to compare outcomes. Trauma patients who may have potentially benefited from tourniquet application (extremity injury, shock index ≥1 and no documented tourniquet application) were identified. A total of 7,161 tourniquets were applied among 4,571,379 trauma activations (1.6/1000 activations). Patients in the tourniquet cohort were younger (40 ± 18 vs 52 ± 26 mean ± SD years), more hypotensive (16.1% vs. 2.5%) and had higher initial acuity (65.0% critical/emergent vs. 20.6%) [p < 0.01 for all]. A total of 7,074 patients in the tourniquet cohort were matched with 7,074 patients in the non-tourniquet cohort. Post-match analysis revealed that the patients in tourniquet cohort had a higher final acuity (80.8% vs. 75.0%, p < 0.01), lower scene-time (15.4 ± 13.6 vs. 17.0 ± 14.2 mean ± SD minutes, p < 0.01), and higher survival-to-hospital (83.6% vs. 75.1%, p < 0.01). A total of 141,471 trauma patients who may have potentially benefited from tourniquet application were identified. Prehospital tourniquet use by EMS in the United States is associated with lower scene-time and improved survivability to hospital. Results indicate that patients might benefit from wider tourniquet use in the civilian prehospital setting. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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15. Two Decades of Saving Lives on the Battlefield: Tactical Combat Casualty Care Turns 20.
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Butler, Frank K.
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BATTLE casualties , *HEALTH of military personnel , *MEDICAL care of military personnel , *HEMOSTASIS , *HEMORRHAGE , *HEMORRHAGE treatment , *HEMORRHAGIC shock treatment , *HISTORY of military medicine , *TOURNIQUETS , *EMERGENCY medical services , *HEMORRHAGIC shock , *HEMOSTATICS , *HISTORY , *MILITARY medicine , *PHARMACODYNAMICS , *THERAPEUTICS - Abstract
Background: Twenty years ago, the original Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) article was published in this journal. Since TCCC is essentially a set of best-practice prehospital trauma care guidelines customized for use on the battlefield, the presence of a journal with a specific focus on military medicine was a profound benefit to the initial presentation of TCCC to the U.S. Military.Methods: In the two ensuing decades, which included the longest continuous period of armed conflict in our nation's history, TCCC steadily evolved as the prehospital trauma care evidence base was augmented and as feedback from user medics, corpsmen, and pararescuemen was obtained.Findings: TCCC has taken a leadership role in advocating for battlefield trauma care advances such as the aggressive use of tourniquets and hemostatic dressings to control life-threatening external hemorrhage; improved fluid resuscitation techniques for casualties in hemorrhagic shock; increased emphasis on airway positioning and surgical airways to manage the traumatized airway; faster, safer, and more effective battlefield analgesia; the increased use of intraosseous vascular access when needed; battlefield antibiotics; and combining good medicine with good small-unit tactics. With the continuing assistance of Military Medicine, these advances and the evidence base that supports them have been presented to TCCC stakeholders.Discussion/impact: Now-20 years later-TCCC has been documented to produce unprecedented decreases in preventable combat death in military units that have trained all of their members in TCCC. As a result of this proven success, TCCC has become the standard for battlefield trauma care in the U.S. military and for the militaries of many of our allied nations. Committee on TCCC members and the Joint Trauma System also work closely with civilian trauma colleagues through initiatives such as the Hartford Consensus, the White House Stop the Bleed campaign, and the development of National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians TCCC-based courses to ensure that advances in prehospital trauma care pioneered by the military on the battlefield are translated into civilian practice on the streets of America. Active shooter incidents, terrorist bombings, and the day-to-day trauma that results from motor vehicle accidents and criminal violence create the potential for many additional lives to be saved in the civilian sector. Along with the other components of the Department of Defense's Joint Trauma System, the Committee on TCCC, and the TCCC Working Group have been recognized as a national resource and will continue to advocate for advances in best-practice battlefield trauma care as opportunities to improve are identified. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2017
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16. Tactical Combat Casualty Care: Beginnings.
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Butler, Frank K. and Butler, Frank K Jr
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BATTLE casualties ,EVIDENCE-based management ,MEDICAL personnel ,TOURNIQUETS ,MILITARY tactics ,MEDICAL care - Abstract
Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) is a set of evidence-based, best-practice prehospital trauma care guidelines customized for use on the battlefield. The origins of TCCC were nontraditional. The TCCC program began as a Naval Special Warfare biomedical research effort launched after the realization that extremity hemorrhage, a leading cause of preventable death on the battlefield, was not being treated with a readily available and highly effective intervention: the tourniquet. This insight prompted a systematic reevaluation of all aspects of battlefield trauma care that was conducted from 1993 to 1996 as a joint effort by special operations medical personnel and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. The product of that 3-year research project was TCCC, the first-ever set of battlefield trauma care guidelines designed to combine good medicine with good small-unit tactics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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17. The Military Learned to Stop the Bleeding.
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Butler, Frank K. and Holcomb, John B.
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TOURNIQUETS , *CIVILIAN war casualties , *REINTEGRATION of veterans , *EMERGENCY medical services - Published
- 2020
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