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Review
. 2015 Jun;27(2):199-211.
doi: 10.1016/j.cnc.2015.02.003. Epub 2015 Mar 20.

Trauma resuscitation and monitoring: military lessons learned

Elizabeth J Bridges  1 , Margaret M McNeill  2
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Review

Trauma resuscitation and monitoring: military lessons learned

Elizabeth J Bridges et al. Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2015 Jun.

Abstract

Over the past 13 years, the military health care system has made improvements that are associated with an unprecedented survival rate for severely injured casualties. Monitoring for indications of deterioration as the critically injured patient moves across the continuum of care is difficult given the limitations of routinely used vital signs. Research by both military and civilian researchers is revolutionizing monitoring, with an increased focus on noninvasive, continuous, dynamic measurements to provide earlier, more sensitive indications of the patient's perfusion status.

Keywords: Combat casualty care; Injuries; Military medicine; Monitoring/physiologic; Wounds.

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