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. 2016 Jul 7;1(1):e000023.
doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2016-000023. eCollection 2016.

Response to mass casualty events: from the battlefield to the Stop the Bleed campaign

M Margaret Knudson  1 , George Velmahos  2 , Zara R Cooper  3
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Response to mass casualty events: from the battlefield to the Stop the Bleed campaign

M Margaret Knudson et al. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. .

Abstract

In the aftermath of a number of episodes of mass casualty events, we must be reminded of how important it is to be prepared and to reflect on the knowledge accumulated over the past 15 years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Keywords: Disasters; active hemorrhage; gunshot; mass casualty.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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